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CEREMONIES 



DEDICATION OF THE MONUMEN 



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ERECTED BY THE 



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CITY OF MANCHESTER, N, H 



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THE MEN WHO PERILED THEIR LIVES TO SAVE THE 
UNION IN THE LATE CIVIL WAR, 



SEPTEMBER 11, 1879. 





MANCHESTER, N. H. : 

MIRROR STEAM PRINTING PRESS. 



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CITY OF MANCHESTER. 



In Board op Common Council, 
October 7, 1879. 
Resolved, That a committee, consisting of one alderman and two councilmeii, be 
appointed to prepare and have published a suitable number of copies of the pro- 
ceedings on the occasion of dedicating the soldiers' monument ou the eleventh of 
September last ; and that said committee be hereby -instructed to cause the same 
to be printed in proper form, and to attend to their distribution. 

JOHN W. WHITTLE, President. 

In Board of Aldermen, 

October 7, 1879. 
Concurred. 

JOHN L. KELLY, Mayor. 

In compliance with the above resolution. Alderman Thomas L. Thorpe, and 
Councilmen Carl C. Shepard and John A. McCrillis were appointed as such 
committee. 



LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. 

By the AJbertype Process, B'orbes Co., Boston. 
•J View or the MONUME>fT Frontispiece 

'' The Artilleryman Page 9 

i The Cavalryman 17 

^The Infantryman 41 

-/ The Sailor " . 49 



CONTENTS. 



The Monument 9 

Report of the Building Committee 13 

Laying the Corner-Stone 17 

Address of Rev. L. F. McKinney 22 

Address of Rev. J. J. Hall 28 

Arrangements for the Dedication ....... 41 

The Procession 49 

The Dedication . . ■ 65 

Address of Hon. Daniel Clark 68 

The Unveiling ■ 70 

Address of Ex-Gov. Weston 72 

Address of Mayor KeUy ......... 75 

Masonic Ceremonies . . 82 

Address of the Grand Master 85 

Poem by Mrs. B. F. Dame . 90 

Oration of Hon. J. W. Patterson 94 

Address of Gov. Head 118 

Illuminations and Evening Concert . . . . . . .121 

Final Proceedings 123 



THE MONUMENT. 



THE MONUMENT. 



The monument, as a work of memorial art, as an appropriate and 
expressive recognition of the services of our citizen soldiery in the 
civil war, has rarely been surpassed by any similar exjjressioii of 
popular patriotism. 

Early after the close of the war, the city took the initiatory steps 
for the erection of some fitting memorial by which to perpetuate the 
heroism and devotion of those of her people who had given tiieir ser- 
vices or their lives to the republic. Tiie purpose was slow, but certain 
of execution. Tiie shaft, and the heroes in bronze who surround it, are 
the perfected realization of the original design. All is simple and 
severe in taste, like the character of our sober and industrious popu- 
lation, but grandly expressive of the gratitude of a people who kiiow 
the worth of liberty and would transmit to their children tlie spirit of 
the men who fought and fell in its defen.se. The modeling of the 
statuary and the dccm-ative work was done in standard bronze, where 
they were cast and finished, at the fine-art foundry of Maurice J. 
Power, New York, the contvatstor for tlie sculptures and gas and 
water works. 

The monument is located near the center of Merrimack square, 
which is the largest of the five commons within the city limits. It 
contains five and seven-eighths acres, and is beautifully shaded by 
elm and maple trees. It is enclosed by a substantial iron fence, and 
has a large pond extending nearly its entire length, which is fed by 
the waters of Mile brook. It is the only common on Elm street, and 



12 THE MONUMENT. 

the only one in the business portion of the city. It is bounded by 
Merrimack street on the north. Chestnut on the east, Central on the 
south, and Elm on tlie west. 

Here, in the midst of tlie crowding industries of the people whose 
patriotism is to he ins|)ired and sustained by its daily contemplation, 
the city has erected this monument to the valor and devotion of the 
twenty-eight hundred men who filled its quota in the war of the 
rebellion. 



EEPORT OF THE BUILDING COMMITTEE. 



REPORT OF THE BUILDING COMMITTEE. 



To Hie City Councils of tlie City of Manchester. 

Gentlemen, — Tlie undersigned Building Committee of the Soldiers' 
Monument, having completed the woi-k assigned them, beg leave to 
submit their final re]X)rt. 

The appointment of your committee bears date of July 3, 1877, and 
gives authority to expend a sum not exceeding twenty thousand 
dollars. Notices were immediately issued to architects and designers, 
that an opportunity would Ite offered to compete for a design of a 
soldiers' monument, fixing a time and place for the exhibition of 
their productions. 

In response to this invitation a large number of designs were pre- 
sented, the authors generally appearing in person and explaining their 
respective works. Your committee, after a jjatient and careful exami- 
nation, selected, with remarkable unanimity, the design presented' by 
Mr. George Keller of Hartford, Conn., and subsequently, by direction 
of your honorable body, tlie services of Mr. Keller were secured 
to furnish the working plans for the execution of the work. 

As soon as these plans and the specifications were prejiared, propo- 
sitions were invited for the erection of tlie monument. Upon an 
examination of the bids tendered, it appeared that the sum ap[)ro- 
priated was insufficient to carry out the design. The [jropositions 
were therefore all rejected. Thereupon a second invitation was 
extended for proposals, which elicited such sharp competition, owing 
to the scarcity of work of this kind, that the design has been fully 



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BEPOET OF THE BUILDING COMMITTEE. 



and satisfactorily carried <nit witliin the appropriation, and a hand- 
some balance left. 



All of which is respectfully submitted. 



TIMOTHY W. CHALLISn 

J. W. DICKEY, 

WM. G. HOYT, 

L. B. BODWELL, )■ 

JAMES A. WESTON, I 

PATRICK FAHEY, | 

JOSEPH B. CLARK, J 



Building Commillee 
Soldiers' Monument. 



M.-VNCUKSTEU, J;iu. 1, 1S80. 



LAYING THE CORNER-STONE. 



LAYING THE CORNER-STONE. 



On Decoration Day, May 30, 1878, the corner-stone was laid, under 
tlie direction of the city government, which had previously invited 
Louis Bell Post No. 3, Grand Army of the Rcpuljlic, to perform the 
ceremony. At two o'cloci? promptly, the procession moved in the 
following order: — 

Captain Eben Cavr with a platoon of twelve police. 

Chief Marshal, Major Henry H. Huse. 

Chief of Staff, Capt. George W. Nichols. 

Aids, Col. E. C. Shirley, Capt. Edson G. Stark. 

FIRST DIVISION. 

French Band, twenty-nine pieces, J. N. Lafricain, leader. 

First Regiment Drum Corps. 

First Regiment N. H. Militia, John J. Dillon, Colonel commanding. 

Sheridan Guards, thirty men. Lieutenant John Cavanaugh, commanding. 

Gov. Straw Rifles, thirty-four men, Captain C. M. Wise, commanding. 

Head Guards, thirty-four men, Lieutenant William S. McLeod, commanding. 

Batchekler and Stokes's Drum Corps. 

Manchester Cadets, thirty-eight men, Capt. Frank H. Challis. 

First N. H. Battery, Capt. S. S. Piper. 

SECOND DIVISION. 

Marshals, D. F. Healy, H. B. Fairbanks, A. L. Tremblay. 

Hildreth's Band, twenty pieces, C. B. Hildreth, leader. 

Massabesic Hose Co. No. 2, thirteen men, Capt. H. W. Fisher. 

Hillsborough Lodge, I. O. O. F., thirtj'-five men. 

Officers of Lodges. 

Ancient Order of Hibernians, thirty men. 

St. Patrick's Society, Grattan Literary Association. 

Citizens in carriages. 



20 LAYING THE CORNER-STONE. 

THIRD DIVISION. 

Marshals, John Foster, W. G. H. Dunham. 
Manchester Cornet Band, twenty-six pieces, Horace D. Gordon, leader. 
Platoon of War Veterans. 
Louis BeU Post No. 3, G. A. R., Capt. L. L. Aldrich, escorting. 
A barouche containing Mayor Kelly; Department Commander G. A. R., C. J. Rich- 
ards; Revs. J. J. Hall and L. F. McKinney, orators; Rev. U. W. Wallace, chajt- 
laiu; Capt. William R. Patten, president of the day; Levi L. Aldrich. 
Carriage containing Prof. B. F. Dame ; S. A. Oliver, Pittsfleltl, and Ross C. Duffy, 

Nashua, members of the department staff, G. A. R. 
Carriage containing the committee on laying the corner-stone. Alderman John M. 
Stanton, Councilmen George W. Riddle and Henry French, Comrades S. S. Piper 
and George H. Dodge. 
Carriiige containing building committee, Alderman John W. Dickey, Councilmen 
T. W. Challis and William G. Hoyt, Ex-Governor James A. Weston, Capt. 
Joseph B. Clark, Patrick Fahey, L. B. Bodwell. 
Barge containing members of the city government, and otheis. 

THE ROUTE OF THE PROCESSION, 

starting from the City Hall, was through Elm, Blodget, Pine, Myrtle, 
Union, Lowell, Beech, Hanover, Elm, and Central streets to Merri- 
mack square, where it formed la close columns in front of the grand 
stand, which had been erected for the occasion, at the northeast cor- 
ner of the ba.se of the monument. 

Upon the arrival of the G. A. R. in front of the platform, the Post 
halted, came to the front, and gave the military salute. The mayor 
and city clerk took their positions upon the platform with the officers 
of the Post, guard, orators, and guests. 

The Post then marched to its position at the northeast corner, 
facing the corner-stone. Tlie chief marshal then introduced the pres- 
ident of the day, Capt. William R. Patten, who said : — 

Honorable Mayor and CUy Govermnent of Manchester. 

Louis Bell Post No. 3, Grand Army of the Republic, is present, 
ready to proceed with the ceremony of laying the corner-stone of the 
soldiers' monument. I iiave the honor to present Post Commander 
James M. Cummings. 



LAYING THE CORNER-STONE. 21 

Mayor Kelly briefly responded as follows : — 

Commander, — It is the desire of the city councils of Manchester, 
the members of which are present to participate with you in these 
ceremonies, that the members of Louis Bell Post No. 3, G. A. R., 
should take the lead, in layin<r the corner-stone to the monument 
about to be erected upon this sjiot, in commemoration of their heroic 
comrades who fell martyrs to constitutional liberty, — sacrificed their 
lives in defense of the Constitution and the Union, wliich, thank God, 
have been preserved to us unimpaired, to use the words of Webster, 
with " the gorgeous ensign of tlie Republic, now known and honored 
throughout the earth, still full high advanced ; its arms and tropliies 
streaming in their original luster, not a single stripe erased or pol- 
luted or a single star obscured, bearing for its motto : ' Liberty and 
Union, now and forever, one and inseparable.' " 

As mayor of this city, I would most respectfully invite you and 
your command to do tlie work assigned you, after the city clerk, a 
brother comrade, shall have read the resolutions of the city councils 
extending to you their invitation. 

Tlie city clerk, Nathan P. Kidder, then read the following resolu- 
tions, adopted at a meeting of tiie city government, May 7 : — 

Resolved, That an invitation be, and liereby is, extended to tlie Louis Bell Post 
No. 3, G. A. R., to attend and lay the corner-stone of the soldiers' monument, on 
May 30, 1878. 

Resolved, That a joint special committee of three, consisting of one member of 
the board of mayor and aldermen and two members of the board of common 
council, be appointed on the part of the city councils, to confer with a like com- 
mittee appointed by Louis Bell Post No. 3, G. A. R., and make such arrangements 
as they may deem necessary for the occasion. 

In accordance with this resolution a corumittee was appointed consisting of 
Alderman Stanton, Councilmen Riddle and French, and members of the Post, 
Levi L. Aldrich, S. S. Piper, and George H. Dodge. 



22 LAYING THE CORNER-STONE. 

Post Commander James M. Cummiims responded as follows : — 

Comrades and Fellow- Cilizcns, — In compliance witli the reqncst 
of tlie city government of Mancliester, we come this day, our coun- 
try's Memorial Day, made sacred by liallowed memories, to lay tliis 
corner-stone for a soldiers' monnmciit. Its foundation is already laid, 
deep and enduring, we believe, in the hearts of a grateful people, wlio 
remember what great sacrifices were made by the soldiers of our army 
and tiie sailors of our na\y during the war. Comrades, wc were 
taught during tliat war to trust in God. Let us, therefore, reverently 
listen to our chaplain, while he invokes the divine blessing. Parade 
rest ! 

Prayer was made by the Rev. C. W. Wallace, chaplain, after which 
the Department Commander, Charles J. Richards, of Great Falls, 
was introduced, and made a few brief remarks. 

After a descriptive piece by the band with cannon accompaniment, 
the Rev. L. P. McKinney delivered an address of which the following 
is a brief absti'act : — 

I regret exceedingly that tlie honored gentlemen who had been 
invited to deliver the oration at the laying of the corner-stone were 
unable to comply with the wishes of the committee. 

With sufficient time for preparation, it would be proper on this occa- 
sion to give a history of the soldiers of Mancliester, the battles which 
they so gallantly fought, and tiie hardships which tJiey encountered on 
the march and in the field. However, it is not necessary to call the 
attention of the peojile to the histi)i'y of New Hampshii'c, for in every 
national conflict she iuis nobly done her duty. Wlien our war broke 
out, 33,000 soldiei's cidisted from this State, ten ])er cent of the entire 
population. From this city went out 1,584 actual residents; of this 
number 182 never I'etnrncd, or eleven and one-half per cent of those 
who enlisted. Why arc wc Imilding this monument ? Of coui>e we 
are building to commemorate the services of the men who enlisted, 
went to battle, and never returned. We arc not building in a spirit 



LAYING THE CORNER-STONE. 23 

of revenge, nor to keep alive the animosities wliieh existed in the past 
towards those whom we vanquislied on tlic field of battle ; for the true 
soldier who fought in blue can take by the hand him who fought in 
gray, and greet him as an American citizen, so long as he is true to 
the princi])les of freedom. It will be well for us to-day to remember 
that the war was not a sectional, but national, strife. It was to wipe 
out a national sin, deep and damning, which was ingrafted into our 
national institution by our fathers, and we, their chddren, were the 
fulfillment of the prophecy of old, that tlie sins of the fathers should 
be visited upon the children to the third and fourth generations. 
Every national sin demands its sacrifice, and the history of the world 
proves the truth of this. 

The first gun fired on Port Sumter was but the voice of God speak- 
ing to the American people, and warning them that His hand should 
be no longer withheld, but that the vengeance of heaven was al)Out to 
fall on the heads of a nation that had for a century winked at human 
bondage. The North had the trutii at heart, l)ut it was for the South 
to ])erpetuate the error which she iiad lieen educated to love, and give 
us an opportunity to destroy it and make freedom a fact to all men. 

The battle is over, but our duty is not yet done. We must make 
permanent the victory won on the field of battle, in the building up 
and strengthening of the principles of justice and human rights, but 
we must be careful and not overdo. We must act with charity and 
love toward those who do not appreciate the blessings of the free 
institutions which they enjoy. I cannot better express myself than 
in the language of the poet, — 

" Yet, while the need of Freedom's cause demands 
The earnest efforts of your hearts and hands, 
Urged by all motives that cau prompt the heart 
To prayer and toil and manhood's manliest part; 
Though to the soul's deep tocsin Nature joins 
The warning whisper of her Orphic pines, 
The north-wind's anger, and the south-wind's sigh. 
The midnight sword-dance of the northern sky, 



24 LAYING THE CORNER-STONE. 

And, to the ear that bends above the sod 
Of the green grave-mounds in the Fields of God, 
In low, deep murmurs of rebuke or cheer, 
The land's dead fathers speak their hope or fear, — 
Yet let not Passion wrest from Reason's hand 
The guiding rein and symbol of command. 
Blame not the caution proffering to your zeal 
A well-meant drag upon its hurrying wheel ; 
Nor chide the man whose honest doubt extends 
To the means only, not the righteous ends: 
Nor fail to weigh the scruples and the fears 
Of milder natures and serener years. 
In the long strife with evil which began 
With the first lapse of new-created man. 
Wisely and well has Providence assigned 
To each his part, — some forward, some behind; 
And they, too, serve who temper and restrain 
The o'erwarm heart that sets on fire the brain. 
True to yourselves, feed Freedom's altar-flame 
With what you have ; let others do the same. 
Spare timid doubters ; set like flint your face 
Against the self -sold knaves of gain and place; 
Pity the weak; but with unsparing hand 
Cast out the traitors who infest the land, — 
From bar, press, pulpit, cast them everywhere, 
By dint of fasting, if you fail by prayer. 
And in their place bring men of antique mold. 
Like the grave fathers of your Age of Gold, — 
Statesmen like those who sought the primal fount 
Of righteous law, the Sermon on the Mount." 

Comrades, it is meet that you should lay this corner-stone, the 
foundation of a monument to perpetuate the memory of as brave a 
hand of men as ever defended a nation's lilicrties, because you enlisted 
with them and returned to enjoy the l)lessings which you and they 
conquered. Wiiile tliey did not return, we should remember our 
associations together, — romemlier that the love which bound our 
hearts cannot be l)roken, even Ijy death. This monument shall stand 



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as a living witness that we hold in sacred remembrance the sacrifices 
which they made. Tliis monument is reared in honor of the dead. 
We who are living have a more enduring one to build, one tliat shall 
lift its head higher and higher in the principles that shall become 
more enduring in the hearts of oui- children. This can only be done 
by faithfulness to our manhood, holding on to every right God has 
granted to His children in their creation. As we go from this place 
made sacred by the ceremonies of the hour, may our hearts be filled 
with patriotism, remembering in love those who are with us to-day 
only in spirit. 

Spirits of departed soldieis, where your bodies rest to-day, wliether 
amid the granite hills of New Hampshire or beneath the skies of the 
sunny South, they rest in the soil of freedom. 

" Rest on, embalmed and sainted dead, 
Dear is the blood you gave ; 
No impious footsteps here shall tread 
The herbage of your grave. 

Nor shall your glory be forgot, 

While fame her record keeps, 
Or honor points the hallowed spot 

Where valor proudly sleeps. 

Yon marble minstrel's voiceful stone 

In deathless song shall tell. 
When many a vanquislied year lias flown. 

The story how you fell. 

No wreck, no change, nor winter's blight, 

Nor time's remorseless doom, 
Can dim one ray of holy light 

That gilds your glorious tomb." 

At the close of Mr. McKinney's address, the Post Commander 
ordered the corner-stone to be raised, which was done by Comrades 
Timothy W. Challis and Benjamin Stevens, assisted by workmen. 

A sealed box, twelve inches long, twelve inches wide, and si.x inciies 

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26 LAVING THE CORNER-STONE. 

high, was placed in a cavity prepared for it in the corner-stone, con- 
taining the following articles : — 

DEPOSITED BY THE CITY GOVERNMENT. 

City report for 1877. 

Revised ordinances for 1877. 

Mayor Kelly's inaugural address for 1877. 

Roster of the city government for 1877. 

Roster of the school board for 1877. 

A copy of the daily " Mirror and American " and of the weekly " Mirror and 
Farmer." 

A copy of the daily and weekly " Union." 

A copy of the " Manchester Weekly Times." 

A copy of the city directory for 1877. 

A list of the names, company, and regiment of 1,584 soldiers who went to the 
war of 1861-65, from the city of Manchester. 

DEPOSITED BY LOUIS BELL POST NO. 3, GRAND ARMY OF THE REPUBLIC. 

One Grand Army badge. 

One memorial badge of this day. 

Rules and regulations of the Grand Army of the Republic. 

Constitution and by-laws of Louis Bell Post No. 3, Grand Army of the Republic, 
and burial services. 

Roster of the officers and committees of the Post. 

Roster of members of the Post. 

Roster of the department officers of the New Hampshire Grand Army of the 
Republic and of the Posts in this department. 

Two pieces of fractional currency. 

One United States postal card. 

One copper cent of the date 1800. 

One copper cent of the date 1812. 

One three-cent postage stamp. 

One six-cent postage stamp. 

One United States flag, such as is used for decoration purposes. 

Three medals of the war of 1861. 

A copy of the Holy Bible, by Comrade J. N. Bruce. 

DEPOSITED BY THE INDEPENDENT ORDER OF ODD FELLOWS. 

One copy of the constitution and by-laws of Hillsborough Lodge No. 2, con- 
taining a list of its members. 



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A copy of the constitution and by-laws of Social Degree Lodge No. 1(1. 
A copy of the by-laws of the Odd Fellows' Relief Association. 

DEPOSITED BY THE FIRST NEW HAMPSHIRE BATTERY. 

History of the First. New Hampshire Battery during the war of the rebellion, 
togetlier with the by-laws of Platoon A, First New Hampshire Light Artillery, 
State Militia. 

DEPOSITED BY' THE GOVEKXOK STRAW RIFLES. 

Constitution and by-laws of the company and loster of the members. 

DEPOSITED ISY THE MANCHESTER CADETS. . 

Constitution and by-laws of the company and roster of the members. 

DEPOSITED BY THE HEAD GUARDS. 

Constitution, by-laws, and roster of the company. 

DEPOSITED BY THE MASSABESIC HOSE COMPANY. 

Constitution, by-laws, and roster of the company. 

A silver badge, such as worn by the members, and a silver medal. 

DEPOSITED BY HILLSBOROUGH LOD(;E, INDEPENDENT ORDER OF ODD FELLOWS. 

A list of thirty-one members who have been members of that lodge for ovej- 
twenty-five years, also a list of its charter members. 

Proceedings of the Right Worthy Grand Lodge of the United States. 
Proceedings of the Right Worthy Grand Lodge of New Hampshire. 

DEPOSITED BY CAPT.\IN S. S. PIPER. 

A copy of the militia laws of the State. 

The Post Couimauder tlieii issued tliis order: — 

Comrades, — You will spread tlic ccuieut to iiold tiiis conier-stone 
ill place until we shall have passed away, and are, perhaps, fcrgotten. 
But it is already cemented with tiie blood of our fallen comrades, and 
embalmed with the tears of their widows and orphan children. Com- 
rades, lower tlie corner-stone of this soldiers' inoiuunent in place ! 
Salute ! 

During the lowering of the stone the band played, and the battery 
fired a salute of twelve guns. 



28 LAYING THE CORNER-STONE. 

At the close of the ceremony, a song, " All Honor to the Soldier 
Give," was rendered by a male quartette, consisting of E. Parker 
French, first tenor; Horace Tobey, second tenor; G. Elvin Merrill, 
first bass; Prank T. E. Richardson, second bass. 

" All lioiior to the soldier give, 
All honor to the soldier give, 
Thro\igh hardships he must often live. 

Yet he fights for his fatherland. 
To the sons of courage and honor, 

He extends the friendly hand ; 
To the sons of couiage and honor. 

He extends the friendly hand. 
Yes I all honor give, all honor give, 
All honor to the soldier give. 
All honor give, all honor give, 
All honor to the soldier give. 
Yes, honor to the soldier give. 
He hears from afar the trumpet sounding, 
The foe he beholds without a fear. 
And, while forth to the battle he's rushing. 
His loud hurrah! resounds through the air. 
Hurrah! Hurrah! .sounds thro'igh the air, 
Hurrah! Hurrah! sounds through the air. 
Hurrah! Hurrah! Hurrah! Hurrah!" 

The Rev. J. J. Hall then delivered tlie following 

ADDREyS IN HONOIl OF THE UNKNOWN DEAD. 

Mr. President, Citizens of Mancliesler, — Most reluctantly did 1, 
at the first, consider the kind invitation brought me, by the com- 
mittee of arrangements for the day, to address you upon this 
occasion : not that I little valued the day, nor from any want of 
sympathy towards that which pertains thereto ; for, sir, my whole 
being beats in harmony witli and is stirred to its inmost depths by 
this occasion, — the events which are recalled, the flags carried, tiie 
graves visited, — and here standing upon the very foundation of the 



LAYING THE CORNER-STONE. 29 

monument to be erected in honor of those, who, in tlie darkest hour 
of this nation's history, went forth to save their country. But my 
reluctance was caused by the fnct tliat liy birth I cannot claim this 
land as my own, and that, during the time of your terrible war, 1 was 
three thousand miles away. Yet at lenirth these points yielded when 
I considered that to-day I enjoy, in common with you. the fruits of 
that great conflict. I breathe the air of a free country, where no 
slave is held in bondage, and where all, of whatever race or color, 
are equal before the law. And I share with you in the inestimable 
blessings of a Grand Union, — with no State lost, but all restored; 
one country, one people, one President, and the same old flag still 
waving from North to South and from East to West. Most willingly 
do I, therefore, bring my tribute in honor of those wlio by many a 
hardship purchased for me and for mankind tliis great heritage. And 
if, because of living in another country, or from youtiifulness of years, 
it was not my privilege to have marched beside those wlio endured so 
many privations for their country's good, and at last sacrificed their 
lives for their country's salvation, yet verily it is my privilege to raise 
my voice in honor of those noble men, and to incite witliin my 
hearers a sacred regard for their memory. 

If any further apology were needed, let me ott'er it by reminding 
you of the great number of foreign-born men who served in your 
ranks, fought beneath your flag, and helped to gain your victories. 
And these men, who were found in almost every department of your 
army, were not cowards in your midst: tliey stood side by side with 
your own brave boys, marching fearlessly forward with the grape and 
canister raining u[)on tlieni, or made many a gallant charge while 
the enemy's bayonet was waiting to receive them. One of the State 
historians, speaking of a regiment that went from this city, says: 
" The regiment was largely composed of foreigners, who leave a record 
highly creditable for patriotism, bravery, and good conduct. Those 
who survive are entitled to the gratitude of the State and nation ; 
and its dead, upon many hard-fought battle-fields, in rebel prisons, 



30 /-I YING THE CORNER-ISTONIC. 

and in hospitals, to an lioiiorable record in tlie liistory of the great 
rebellion." 

My friends, I am to address yon in honor of the unknown dead, — 
those whose graves are not witli us. Not only do the bodies of such 
lie far from home, but the exact spot of their interment is unknown, 
so that kind friends cannot go witli their garland tributes and adorn 
the last resting-place of many a loved one. 

It seems to me peculiarly fitting that such should be especially 
remembered Ijy us. For, were we as a people to neglect the graves of 
those fallen heroes who lie in our cemeteries, tiiere are those who 
would not so forget them. Tliat mother who bade her boy good-bye 
when he left home and went with his regiment for the field of 
battle, — think you she would neglect tlie sacred spot, or cease to 
revere the memory of him who lies there ? TJiink you that that wife, 
wiio felt her heart was lireaking when the body of liim who was nearer 
and dearer to her than lier own life was borne silently to its last 
resting-place, will neglect to place the flowers on his grave ? Those 
children wlio arc fatherless, but who every now and again with t.earful 
eyes most intently gaze upon a portrait where one in soldier's uniform 
seems to rcjs])ond to their searching gaze, — they cannot hear his 
voice, but they know where his body lies. Tliink you, friend, that if 
thei'e were no Decoration Day the grave of tliat father would go 
unadorned ? Verily no ! The mother would be seen spending her 
last years near the graves of her hoys, and every now and again, with 
her tottering steps, silvery hair, aiul furrowed face, wending her way 
to those graves, to think of former days, when her home was not all 
broken, and her heart was not so sad. And tlie wife would be seen 
leading her child by one hand and in the otiier bearing a boiuiuet of 
the clioicest flowers, fit emblems of a life's beauty and frailty, to place 
at the head of his grave who was more than life to her. 

And so, if Memorial Day were obliterated from our customs, the 
graves of the known dead would, for many a long year to come, still 
be visited, cared for by the kindest hands, and l)e the most sacred 



LA riNd Tin-: coiiNi-nsTOiyE. 31 

filaces on all tlie cartli tu niaiiy a loving lieart. But tlie graves of the 
unknown, — what niotlier visits them? What wife and children go 
to weep there y And even should the loved one go to the hattle-field, 
of what use could it be 'i Wlio shall point out the very place wliere 
he, whom slie gave to the country, lies in death's cold embrace ? Is 
he in this part of the field, or elsewhere? Where is the trench in 
which was laid his body? Ah me! 1 think I could hear the dis- 
appointed seeker saying, — 

" Could I plant the weeping-willow 

Where his ashes now repose ; 
Could I by his lonely pillow 

Plant the lily and the rose ; 
Sweet would be the task of sadness, 

Sweet would be the tears I shed, 
When I strewed, with joy and gladness, 

Flowers around my loved, now dead." 

But the grave is unknown. : and the finest promptings of the heart 
cannot be satisfied, and the natural longing of many a fond one must 
be denied. But shall we forget those whose graves are not with us, 
and, because we cannot have them share in the floral offering to tiie 
dead, be silent respecting them? Oh no! They claim the more 
regard ; and because their graves are unknown, let us remember them 
the more sacredly and give the rhoiccsl tribute to their memory. 

AVe should pay no small honor to the unknown dead, because by so 
doing we the more fully realize the greatness of the sacrifice made 
in the purchase of the results of tiic terrible conflict. While 1 have 
no sympathy with the perpetuation of a sectional spirit in the Union, 
and believe it to be unwise on the part of the individual and ruinous 
to any party that endeavors to engender bitterness of feeling toward 
a part of this one country, yet I think we cannot too frequently nor 
too positively state the principles which were on trial during that 
fierce war, or the blessings which flow to us therefrom; and, if we 
would continue to have a proper appreciation of tiie principles honored 



32 LAYING THE CORNER-STONE. 

and the results procured, we need keej) vividly before us tlie greatness 
of the price which has been jiaid in lionor of those principles and 
which brought about the results. Wliile, on the other hand, let tliis 
or any people think lightly of the blessings it enjoys, and forget those 
who on sea or land, in the forum or on the battle-field, vindicated 
their country's honor, and we sliall soon see the days of tliat people 
numbered, its highest principles ruthlessly dishonored, and its glory a 
thing of the past. 

I am aware that it is impossible to estimate the cost for the sup- 
pression of the gi-eat rebellion. You may say it caused an outlay of 
■18,000,000,000, — and thus make some calculation at its financial 
expense. You may tell me that five imndred thousand brave men 
gave their lives for the preservation of the Union ; but can you tell 
me the full value of those five hundred thousand men ? Separate 
them one by one ; do not think of them in the mass, but as indi- 
viduals ; many of them the sole support of aged parents, or of a wife 
and children, having the most sacred ties to bind them to the world 
and to make life joyful to them. Think of them as such, and then 
inform me of the full value of those fallen men. In thinking of the 
sacrifice made and the great price paid for the perpetuation of the 
Union and the cause of liberty, we shall find that no small part was 
borne by those who to-day lie in graves unknown. It has been esti- 
mated that at least one-fifth of all who fell on the field of battle ai-e 
now lying in unknown graves; or tiiat not less than one hundred 
thousand men are Uuis interred. Just think : one hundred thousand 
men in graves unknown. Their bodies lie l)eneath tiie Southern sod. 
While in Louisiana, in Georgia, in Maryland, in Tennessee, and in 
Virginia, many of these have found their last resting-jjlace. The rays 
of the sun fall upon these graves ; the green grass waves o'er the 
dead : i)ut no granite monument denotes whose remains are beneath, 
no marble tombstone gives tiic name of tiie fallen heroes vvlio lie 
covered there. Such are the graves of tiie unknown. Those wlio 
fill tliem fell on many a ijattle-field — at Antietam, at Chancellor.s- 



LAYING THE CORNER-STONE. 33 

ville, Fredericksburg, Gettysburg, Petersburg, Port Hudson, Drury's 
Bluff, Bull Run, Fort Wagner, Cedar Creek, Cold Harbor, Spotsyl- 
vania, Winchester, and before Richmond. And in all of these which 
I have mentioned, besides many others. New Hampshire nobly bore 
her part and many of her best sons fell. 

At Antietam the New Hampshire Fifth went three hundred strong 
into the battle and lost fourteen officers and one hundred and ten 
men. At Gettysburg, just l)cfore entering into the light, the Second 
called its roll, and twenty-four officers and three hundred and thirty 
men answered to their names ; of tliis number nineteen were known 
to have been killed, one hundred and thirty-six wounded, thirty-eight 
missing, lying dead or wounded on the field, or prisoners in the hands 
of the enemy, making a total of one hundred and ninety-three out of 
three hundred and fifty-four, or about three-fifths of the number 
engaged. And at Drury's Bluff, so fiercely did the battle rage, that, 
in the short period of twenty minutes, no less than two hundred of 
New Hampshire's bravest and best fell dead or wounded. The record 
of one of your regiments is, that it marched more than six thousand 
miles, participated in more than twenty pitched battles, and lout in 
action upwards of one thousand men. A war correspondent writing 
of the battle at Cold Harbor said : " Troops never stood under a more 
hellish fire than was poured upon the Tenth New Hampshire on this 
day. Half of the trees were cut down by shells, and falling upon the 
dead and wounded mangled their Ijodies in a horrid manner; the 
bark was peeled from tlie trees by bullets ; and saplings, a few 
inches in diameter, by actual count bore the marks of from fifty to 
one hundred bullets each. The bodies of the dead were used for 
breastworks, and whole platoons were swept away by the awful fire of 
grape and canister. Imagination stands appalled in the endeavor to 
paint the horrors of that day." 

Friends, I hardly need remind you tliat tliose from this State who 
fell on the battle-field were brave men ; and to-day we honor* them 
for the valor they exhibited and the courage which nerved them midst 

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34 LAYfNG THE CORNERSTONE. 

the din of battle and the carnage of war. The picture of Col. Cross 
at Antietam is the picture of a bravery not often equaled and never 
surpassed. Though struck in the head Ijy a piece of a shell early in 
the day, yet with his head bound around with a handkerchief, and face 
crimsoned and eyes dimmed with blood, he led his men until the 
darkness of night closed the conflict. And on the field of Gettysburg 
he showed the world how the sons of New Hampshire can hold the foe 
back, until he received his death wound and fell, never again to lead 
his men to victory. Tiie scene at Fort Fisher is akin to tiie one just 
presented ; and though, in one of those terrible charges. Col. Bell, who 
had so gallantly led his men forward, received a fatal shot, yet his eyes 
did not close in death without seeing the colors of his own regiment 
waving o'er the first mound of the fort. Take one more instance. It 
is said that " Major Sturtevant entered upon the battle of Fredericks- 
burg with sad presentiments, and yet with cheerful alacrity." The 
result justified his mournful expectations. The manner of his death, 
the place of his burial, — these are unknown. We only know that he 
was seen on that fatal field at dark severely wounded by a minie-ball; 
that he was buried where he would have chosen to be interred, on the 
field whei-e he fell, among the nameless heroes whose cause he had 
made his own ; he yielded his spirit amidst the clangor of arms and 
the wail of the dying. 

You may have read of a certain company, in a once famous army, 
whom a brave officer had so often conducted to victory, and who would 
not part with its dead hero's name. But, day by day, at the head of 
the regimental roll it was called aloud, and always in response to 
that name a brave soldier stepped from the ranks to reply, " Dead on 
the field of honor ! " 

" Dead on the field of liouor ! " " This, too," it has well been said, 
"is the record of thousands of unnamed men, whose influence upon 
other generations is associated with no personal distinction, but whose 
sacrifices will lend undying luster to the nation's archives and richer 
capacity to the nation's life." Many of these men came from homes 



LA YING THE CORNER-STONE. 35 

of toil and obscurity, from wliicli the right iiand of support has been 
taken or the youthful prop removed, — ])oor and obscure, — but these, 
the unknown fallen, have names and riches of solemn, tender memory. 
And for all, what higher honor can possibly be given than to say of 
them, " They fell in the great war for Union and Freedom! " 

Sleep, heroes, sleep I Your comrades missed you when you fell ; 
your country could hardly spare you, but needed you to fight other 
battles or for labor in times of peace ; your homes have been desolated, 
and hearts bereaved for you: but your sacrifice was great; you 
cemented the Union with your own blood, and fell martyrs to its cause ! 

But, friends, not all who died for their country and helped to fill the 
unknown graves fell on the field of battle ; for many yielded up life 
through foul disease, caused by the hardships of a soldier's career or 
the severity of a Southern climate, while many died in the marshes, 
some in the woods, otiiers on the march. Yellow fever took away the 
men incessantly ; at one time, in one army alone, no less than thirty 
thousand were on the sick-list. 

But far worse than dying in the woods, or in the marshes, was the 
fate of those who closed this life in the Southern prisons. Many who 
so died are to-day in unknown graves. 

In looking over the statistics of the different regiments which went 
from this State, my eye fell on this sentence : " Many of this regi- 
ment languished and died of starvation in Southern prisons." I 
suppose the imagination can hardly comprehend all the cruelties 
inflicted, and the sufferings endured, in those vast slaughter-houses 
for the Union soldiers. Well may it have been inscribed over Salis- 
bury, Libby, and Andersonville prisons : " Abandon all hope who 
enter here." The facts are so appalling that one sickens in hearing 
them related: how that at Salisbury alone, within the brief time of 
five months, there were more than five thousand noble men, upwards 
of one-half the number taken there, who were buried outside the 
garrison ; and what a burial ! when daily the dead-cart drove up, 
and was filled with rigid forms that were piled upon each other like 



36 LAYING THE CORNER-STONE. 

logs; and then this precious freight of fathers, husbands, sons, and 
true patriots thrown in a mass in the trenches and covered witli a 
little earth ! Many of these were heard from, for the last time, under 
the sad heading, " Missing." 

" Not among the suifering ■wouuded, 
Not among the peaceful dead, 
Not among the prisoners, — ' Missing,' 
That was all the message said." 

And so they died, true to themselves, true to God, and true to their 
country. 

Friends, let us not thinlv of those to-day only as the unknown dead, 
or as those wiio are lying in unknown graves. Recall their patriot- 
ism, which all along shone so brightly, until death added to its luster. 
They responded promptly to their country's call : tlicy willingly liade 
good-bye to home and loved ones, and entered manfully upon the 
hardships of the soldier's life; they fought bravely on many a field 
whicii was plowed with shot, watered with blood, and sown thick with 
the dead, wliile from their graves there grows the l)etter harvest of 
tiie nation and of times to come. And yet it must have been sad 
indeed for many of them to iiave died, — away from home, and often 
in the darkness of night, and in tiie liearing of the fearful wails of 
anguish coming from many anotlier sufferer. At times, tiiey did 
not have so much as the falling music of a gracious word to cliccr 
them in tiieir last moments. But tiie deepest sadness was caused, not 
by the cruel bullet wliich had found its lodgment in their flesh, nor 
by the deatii-thirst which came upon tliem. Many a brave man 
keenly felt disappointment because liis career was so soon to eiul. 
He liad hoped to liave lived to see the close of the terrible conflict, 
and to share in tlie shout of victory; but now, no more can lie serve 
liis country or ciieer his comrades forward. There were otliers, wlio, 
in their last moments, forgot all physical pain wiiilc a vision of home 
came to tliom, and tliey tiiought, — 



LAYING THE CORNER-STONE. 37 

" My dear wife waits my coming ; 

My children lisp my name ; 
And kind friends bid me welcome 

To my own home again. 
My father's gi'ave lies on the hill ; 

My boys sleep in the vale ; 
I love each rock and murmuring rill, 

Each mountain, hill, and dale." 

But that home, with all its sacred treasures, was never again to lie 
seen by them. Oh that they could have died with their loved ones 
around them! At Shiloh, a soldier, rigid in death, was found lying 
upon his hack, holding in his fixed hgrnd, and regarding with an eager 
look, the daguerreotype of a woman and child. The incident speaks 
of a love strong in death, and is altogether pathetic. Well did a 
noble young man, dying on the field, ex])ress the burden of many a 
comrade around him, when, with tears flowing down a face which 
never turned from the foe, he exclaimed, " Who will care for mother 
now ? " 

But, friends, it was not all sadness which possessed those brave men 
ere they breathed their last. They were not left without a ray of 
comfort to cheer them ere their spirits passed away. Whether they 
spent their last hours in cruel prisons, or on bloody Ijattle-fields, 
hearing all around them the groans of the wounded and the dying, in 
the trench or in the dismal swamp, in the clear light of day or in the 
darkness of the midnight hour, I say they did not die without some 
ray of comfort to cheer and sustain them in their last hours. They 
must have been sustained by the consciousness that the cause in which 
they had fought, and for which they were now about to lay down 
their lives, was a noble cause, right in the sight of God, just to the 
best welfare of the American people, and true to the highest laws 
of humanity. They had not raised the sword nor shouldered the 
musket for the purpose of conquest, nor for the gain of power ; neither 
did they march forth to bind the fetters the more closely to the slave, 
nor to undermine and work the ruin of the grandest republic upon 



38 LAYING THE CORNER-STONE. 

wliich the sun ever shone. They marched, they fought, they died, 
not to raise another flag, but to defend the one of their fathers. And 
as time passes, the world sees more clearly the justice and the 
grandeur of the cause for wliich they, who to-day are in unknown 
graves, gave tlieir lives ; and who, in their last moments, could well 
liave used the language of him who said, "I have fought a good 
fight." 

I think tiiey were also cheered, yea, made glad, in the agonies of 
death, by a strong, clear Itope which they had in tlie ultimate success 
of the cause which they had espoused. Tiiey died in the hope tliat 
victory would yet perch itself upon their banner, and thougli they 
could not live to join in the acclamations of triumph, yet those for 
whom they fought certainly would. In their dying hours they saw 
beyond the dark night which enveloped them, and got glimpses of the 
break of that day when tlie din of war would cease, and those wlio 
had fought and been spared would return to their own firesides with a 
battle well fought and a victory well won. And, as the bow in the 
heavens spans across the darkened clouds, so this hope bridged over 
the darkness, the sorrow, the bloodshed, the agony, and strife of that 
terrible conflict, and, to the dying heroes, it reached to tlie time wlien 
the sun would arise upon a ransomed country once again, yea, more 
firmly than ever before, one; in purpose and endeavor, onr. This 
bright hope must have afforded more than satisfaction, even joy, to 
those who to-day are in unknown graves, ere they died. Tiiey felt, 
yea, they knew, they had been engaged in, and were giving their lives 
for, no fruitless end, and that no historian should ever arise and write 
it " A Lost Cause'"; and as their ken took in the coming ages, they 
did not see a country deluged with blood. State after State gone, and 
only the fragments of a once noble Union left : but they beheld a 
restored country, with the old flag still waving; with not a stri|e less, 
nor a star missing from its folds ! 



LAYING THE CORNER-STONE. 39 

At the close of the oration prayer was offered by the chai)lain, Rev. 
C. W. Wallace, followed l)y the singing of " America" by the audi- 
ence, accompanied Ijy the band. 

The post ceremonies were then closed by the officers' giving the 
objects of the order, the post commander announcing as follows : — 

Comrades, — The ceremonies are completed. Chief marshal, you 
will announce to the honoralile mayor, officers of the city govern- 
ment, and citizens of Manchester, that the corner-stone of the soldiers' 
monument is laid with appropriate ceremonies. You will re-form the 
procession to escort them to their headquarters. 

The chief marsJial announced as follows : — 

I am directed by Louis Bell Post No. 3, Grand Army of the Repub- 
lic, to announce to his honor the mayor and the city government of 
Manchester, that they have laid the corner-stone of the soldiers' mon- 
ument with appropriate ceremonies, and tliey are now ready to escort 
you to your headcpiarters. 

I am directed to make public jiroclamation to the citizens of Man- 
chester that Louis Bell Post No. 3, (irand Army of the Republic, have 
performed the duties assigned to them, and, in accordance with the 
requirements of the order, they have laid the corner-stone upon which 
you are to erect a lasting memorial in grateful remembrance of those 
who gave their lives that you might live in the enjoyment of free insti- 
tutions. 

I am authorized by the Grand Army of the Re])ublic and the city 
government of Manchester to extend their sincere thanks to the vari- 
ous organizations who have kindly assisted in the ceremonies of this 
occasion. The marshals will re-form their several divisions to com- 
plete the public ceremonies of the day. 



AREANGEMENTS EOE THE DEDICATION. 



ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE DEDICATION. 



In May, 1878, a coiiunittce, consisting of Jolin L. Kelly, mayor ; 
Jolin M. Stanton, Thomas L. Thorpe, aldermen ; Timotliy W. Challis, 
president of the common conneil; Carl C. Shepard, George W. Riddle', 
David M. Goodwin, councilmcn ; Col. Jolui B. Clarke, Capt. George A. 
Hanscom, John M. Chandler, Esq., Hon. Ira Cross, Capt. S. S. Piper, 
citizens, — was appointed to arrange for the dedication ceremonies; 
but, before their arrangements were perfected, they were informed by 
the contractors that the monument could not be finished at the time 
specified. Tliey were obliged, therefore,^ to defer all further proceed- 
ings, and await the completion of the work. 

A similar committee of city officials and citizens was appointed the 
following year, consisting of John L. Kelly, mayor; John M. Stanton, 
Thomas L. Thorpe, aldermen ; Jolin W. Whittle, president of the 
common council ; Carl C. Shepard, Charles W. Eager, Charles H. 
Hodgman, conncilmeu ; Col. John B. Clarke, Capt. George A. Hans- 
com, John M. Cliandler, Esq., Hon. Ira Cross, Capt. S. S. Piper, citi- 
zens, — who were instructed to make all the necessary arrangements. 

At a meeting held July 3, the eleventh day of September was fixed 
upon as the day on which to dedicate the monument. 

The committee invited the Hon. Daniel Clark to preside, the Hon. 
J. W. Patterson to deliver the oration, the Rev. E. G. Selden to act as 
chaplain, Mr. B. F. Dame to read an original poem written by Mrs. 
Dame, the Grand Army of the Republic, Department of New Hamp- 
shire, to unveil the monument, the Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted 



44 ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE DEDICATION. 

Masons of New Hampshire to perform the dedicatory services 
customary to their order, and Maj. Henry H. Hiise to act as chief 
mai-shal. These invitations were severally accepted. 

Sub-committees were appointed to confer witli the governor, Grand 
Army of the Republic, veteran soldiers, the New Hampsliire National 
Guard, civic societies. Die public schools, and the Fire Department, in 
respect to the time, order, and character of the exercises. There were 
also appointed sub-committees on finance, refreshments, and transporta- 
tion ; on music; on printing; on speakers, invitations, and dedicatory 
exercises; on decorations, illuminations, and fireworks; and a large 
reception committee, consisting of the ex-governors, cx-mayors, judges 
of the courts, and other prominent citizens. 

It is worthy of remark that these committees, though crowded with 
such a variety of duties, and constantly brought together for consulta- 
tion and the performance of their multitudinous labors, worked in 
entire harmony throughout tlie whole affair, and with an eye single to 
the success of an occasion in which the honor of the city was involved. 
The chief marshal, in assuming command, issued the following general 

orders: — 

Chief Marshal's Headquarters, 

Aug. 26, 1879. 
General Order No. 1. 

The chief luavshal, appointed by the committee liaving in charge the dedicatory 
exercises of the soldiers' monument, hereby assumes the duties of his otfice and 
announces appointments upon his staff as follows ; — 

Maj. William R. Patten, chief of staff. 

Capt. S. S. Piper, adjutant-general. 

Col. E. C. Shirley, assistant adjutant-general. 

Maj. A. G. Fairbanks, quartermaster. 

Daniel R. Prescott, assistant quartermaster. 

Maj. James G. Sturgis, surgeon. 

Col. George W. Riddle, signal officer. 

The appointments of marshals and aids will be announced in subsequent orders. 

Headquarters will be established Sept. 11, on Railroad square, between Depot 
and Central streets, where all organizations and guests from abroad will report 
immediately upon arrival at the depot. 



ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE DEDICATION. 45 

All non-resident organizations and persons who participate in tlie parade must 
report at marshal's headquarters before half-past ten o'clock in the forenoon, unless 
special arrangements are made otherwise. 

Lines will be formed by divisions, in the square, north of marshal's headquarters, 
right resting on Franklin street, at half-past ten o'clock precisely. Visiting organi- 
zations will be escorted to the Fair Grounds, where dinner will be served to them 
at eleven o'clock, under the direction of chief quartermaster. Masonic bodies will 
be escorted to Masonic Temple. 

All organizations participating in the parade must he in readiness to take up the 
line of march at half-past twelve o'clock, at which time, precisely, the procession 
will move. Dedicatory exercises at the monument will commence at two o'clock in 
the afternoon. Further details will be announced in subsequent orders. 

The chief marshal desires to impress upon all organizations and persons con- 
nected with the dedication, that the success of the occasion depends upon absolute 
promptness in the discharge of every duty, and he suggests the propriety of perfecting 
all arrangements at as early a day as possible, and reporting to these headquarters. 

No delays will be made in the movements of the procession for the accommodation 
of individual organizations. 

All inquiries and comnmnications by mail, or otherwise, should be addressed to 

Chief-of-Staff William R. Patten, and will receive immediate attention. 

HENRY H. HUSE, Chief Marshal. 
(Official) " . 

\Vm. R. Patten, Chief of Staff. 

Chief Marshal's Headquarters, 

Sept. 1, 1879. 
General Order No. 2. 

Col. Dana W. King, Eighth New Hampshire Volunteers, is charged with the 
organization and command of the division of veteran soldiers in the dedicatory 
ceremonies of Sept. 11. All appointments, communications, and general orders, 
bearing his signature, will be official, and will be respected and obeyed accordingly. 

War veterans in all parts of the State are urgently invited to co-operate with Col. 

King in securing the grandest parade since the close of the war. 

HENRY H. HUSE, Chief Marshal. 
(Official) 

Wm. R. Patten, Chief of Staff. 

Pursuant to the above, the undersigned hereby assumes command of the veteran 
division that will parade at the dedication of the Manchester soldiers' monument. 



46 _ ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE DEDICATION. 

The division will rendezvous on Railroad square, Manchester, on Thursday, Sept. 
11, at nine o'clock in the morning, or on arrival of morning trains. 

As far as practicable the old regimental organizations will be preserved, but 
battalions and companies may be formed for the occasion by veterans of any town 
or city. 

Staff officers will be announced hy subsequent orders. Battalion and company 
officers will be selected by the various commands. 

To secure uniformity, daik clothes, dark slouch hat, and white gloves should be 
worn, with army corps and regimental badges on left breast. 

A special badge for the occasion will be given each veteran in line. 

Reduced rates of fare having been made over the railroads, and the city of 
Manchester having provided dinner for all veterans who may join the parade, it is 
hoped every veteran soldier will feel it a pleasure and a duty to participate on tliis 
occasion. 

The division commander, with staff, will be on the grounds designated for 
rendezvous early on the morning of the 11th, to whom all battalions, companies, 
or veterans, unassigned, will report. 

An " N. H." guidon and State colors will designate headquarters of divisions. 

DANA W. KING, Commanding Veteran Division. 

Col. George Bowers issued the following general order: — 

HEADQDAnTERS DEPARTMENT NeW HaMPSHIRK, G. A. R., 

Nashua, August 18, 1879. 
General Order No. 7. 

I. Having, in behalf of the Grand Army Reiiublic, Department New Hamp- 
shire, accepted an invitation extended by the citizens of Manchester, to be present 
and participate in the ceremonies attending the dedication of the soldiers' monu- 
ment, as announced in General Order No. 5, July 17 : The commander hereby 
orders, that the several posts of this dejjartment assemble for that purpose, at 
Manchester, on the morning of Thursday, Sept. 11. 

II. Inasmuch as one entire division of Grand Army men and veterans will 
constitute an important feature of the parade, every post should endeavor to be 
present with full ranks. Each post wiU constitute a command in itself — all form- 
ing an escort for department and national officers of the Grand Army — and 
will be assigned position in line by a staff officer to be hereafter designated. 

III. Posts should be uniformed in dark clothes, Grand Army hat or cap, with 
cord and metal wreath, white belts, regulation badge, white gloves. 

Posts that have not yet provided themselves with uniforms, will not, on that 



ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE DEDICATION. 47 

account, be debarred from the line ; for all such, dark clothes, dark slouch hats, 
white gloves, are all that will be required. 

IV. The details of post formation and drill are delegated to post commanders; 
either Casey's or Upton's Tactics may be used, also such music as desired, either 
bands or drum corps. 

V. Arrangements for reduced railroad fares liaving been made, each post com- 
mander should notify the raiboad agents at their respective stations of the proba- 
ble number of tickets required, as early as Sept. 6. 

VI. All comrades of the Grand Array who may be present at Manchester on 
that day are most cordially invited to join in the exercises and parade, and for all 
whose posts may not be represented in line a battalion will be formed. 

VII. Past department commanders, and staif officers — whose presence is not 
required with their posts ■ — are requested to report in person to the commander, at 
the chief marshal's tent, thirty minutes prior to formation of line, unifonned with 
dark coat and trousers, white vest, black military hat, with cord and embroidered 
wreath, badge of official rank, and white gloves, no belt or sash. 

Post commanders will report in person for orders, immediately upon arrival at 
Manchester, to the assistant adjutant-general at the chief marshal's tent; they will 
also forward to these headquarters, prior to Sept. 9, the probable number of disa- 
bled, infirm, and aged comrades that will be unable to march, for whom barges or 
carriages will be provided. 

VIII. Further details as to formation of line, order of march, etc., etc., will be 
promulgated if necessary, after receipt of general orders from headquarters chief 
marshal, Maj. H. H. Huse. 

IX. That portion of the dedication ceremonies assigned to the Grand Army 
being exceedingly impressive and appropriate, the commander relies upon the 
hearty co-operation of all true and earnest comrades to render the occasion the 
most interesting and imposing pageant the order in the State has ever partici- 
pated in. 

Comrades, proud veterans of New Hampshire, — the generous city of Man- 
chester confers great honor upon you and your fallen comrades, in thus bequeath- 
ing to posterity this grand memorial to your gallantry and sacrifices. Let us, then, 
once again, " close up the column, " and, true to our watchword, " FRATEnNixY, 
CHAniTY, Loyalty," evince that the patriot's pride and the patriot's love still 
inspire us to duty. 

GEORGE BOVVERS, Commander. 

By order. 
W. H. D. Cochrane, Assistant Adjutant-General. 



THE PROCESSION 



THE PROCESSION. 



The vast multitudes that crowded the streets of tlie city on the 
morning of the 11th of September testified to the general interest 
which the public had in the notable event. Extra trains over the 
various railroads brought to the city over thirty thousand people. 
The highways in all directions were thronged with every description 
cf a vehicle, and countless numbers of pedestrians helped to swell the 
ever-increasing tide that flowed to the city. As this was likely to be 
the last occasion when a fitting public demonstration could be made 
to honor the noble men who had gone forth to fight their country's 
battles, the whole body of the people seemed determined that the 
tribute should be worthy of the occasion, and with a common im- 
pulse our citizens vied with each other, in decorating public buildings 
and private residences with flags, banners, and other a|)propriate and 
beautiful devices. 

Business was generally suspended throughout the city, and the 
eager and exultant throng hailed with voices of proud acclaim the 
veterans as they passed, and pressed with patriotic joy into the streets 
along which the procession moved to the place of dedication. As the 
more prominent guests arrived in the city, they were conveyed to the 
City Hall in charge of Mr. Walter S. Holt, chief usher, and his 
assistants, where they were formally received by Ex-Gov. P. C. 
Cheney and other members of the citizens' committee and the mem- 
bers of the city government. Lunch was furnished in the upper 
hall by Dooling of Boston. 



52 THE PROCESSION. 

The military, Grand Army of the Republic, and veteran organiza- 
tions were escorted to the Fair Grounds by the First Regiment New- 
Hampshire National Guard, and furnished a substantial collation by 
Quartermaster A. G. Fairbanks. 

The Masons, Odd Fellows, Knights of Pythias, and Grangers were 
received and taken in charge by the i-esident lodges of their respective 
fraternities. 

Nothing occurred during the celebration to interfere with the exe- 
cution of the orders of the day except a light shower which com- 
menced just after the column was formed and lasted less than ten 
minutes. 

At tlie time assigned, half-past twelve o'clock, p. m., the procession 
moved in the following order, passing through Elm, Myrtle, Beech, 
Lowell, Pine, Concord, Beech, Hanover, Elm, and Central streets, 
to the monument : — 

Platoon of Police, in charge of Capt. David Perkins. 

American Band of Providence, D. W. Reeves, leader ; twenty-five pieces. 

Sturtevant Post No. 2, G. A. R., Concord, eighty-five men. — J. T. Batchelder, 

commander. 

Henry H. Huse, chief marshal. 

William R. Patten, chief of staff. 

S.'S. Piper, adjutantrgeneral. 

E. C. Shirley, assistant adjutant-general. 

A. G. Fairbanks, chief quartermaster. 

Daniel R. Prescott, assistant quartermaster. 

J. G. Sturgis, surgeon. 

George W. Riddle, signal officer. 

MARSHALS. 

George W. Nichols, Henry B. Fairbanks, 

Andrew C. Wallace, George O. Fabens, 

Darwin A. Simons, Maurice A. Holton, 

Henry C. Merrill, Rufus W. Berry, 

Thomas Connolly, Daniel F. Healy, 

A. W. Quint, Stephen C. Amsden, 



THE PROCESSION. 53 

Edson G. Stark, Charles J. Darrah, 

Isaac L. Heath, Felix M. Boire, 

John A. Wiley, David Wadsworth, 

U. A. Carswell, L. Melville French, 
F. W. McKinley. 



MILITARY DEPARTMENT. 
Capt. S. S. Piper in charge. 

FIRST SUB-DIVISION. 

Batchelder and Stokes's Drum Corps. 

Manchester Cadets, forty men. — Capt. F. H. Challis, commanding. 

His Excellency Gov. Natt Head, commander-in-chief. 

Maj.-Gen. Augustus D. Ayling, adjutant-general. 

Brig.-Gen. John W. Sturtevant, inspector-general. 

Brig.-Gen. Charles H. Burns, judge-advocatR-general. 

Brig.-Gen. Jacob H. Gallinger, surgeon-general. 
Brig.-Gien. George T. Cruft, quartermaster-general. 
Brig.-Gen. Benjamin F. Rackley, commissary-general. 
Col. David L. Jewell, aid-de-camp. 
Col. Charles E. Baloh, aid-de-camp. 
Col. Winthrop N. Dow, aid-de-camp. 
Col. Frank C. Churchill, aid-de-camp. 
First Regiment Band, Horace D. Gordon, leader; twenty-five pieces. 
First Regiment Drum Corps, twelve men. 
First Regiment New Hampshire National Guai-d, Col. John J. Dillon, commanding ; 
William H. H. Greenwood, lieutenant-colonel ; George M. L. Lane, major; Samuel 
Cooper, adjutant; Benjamin L. Hartshorn, quartermaster; Levi L. Aldrich, pay- 
master ; Henry E. Newell, surgeon ; John B. Hall, assistant surgeon ; Henry 
Powers, chaplain. 
Strafford Guards (Company A), Dover, forty men. — Josephs. Abbott, captain; 

George H. Demerritt, first lieutenant ; Frederick Emmot, second lieutenant. 
Sheridan Guards (Company B), Manchester, fifty-three men. — Patrick A. Devine, 
captain; John Cavanaugh, first lieutenant; Alexander Campbell, second lieu- 
tenant. 
Portsmouth Guards (Company C), Portsmouth, fifty men. — James E. Ford, cap- 
tain ; John S. Mills, first lieutenant ; John Connors, second lieutenant. 
Portsmouth Heavy Ai-tillery (Company D), Portsmouth, forty-six men. — Shirley 



54 THE PROCESSION. 

B. Cunningham, captain ; Appleton Tredick, first lieutenant ; Edward F. Swasey, 
second lieutenant. 

Governor Straw Rifles (Company E), Manchester, fifty-one men. — John Y. Cres- 
sey, captain ; Isaac L. Sawyer, first lieutenant ; William A. Glines, second lieu- 
tenant. 

Lane Rifles (Company F), Candia, fifty-three men. — Henry T. Eaton, captain; 
Jesse C. Crowell, first lieutenant ; Thomas "R. Simpson, second lieutenant. 

Newmarket Guards (Company G), Newmarket, fifty men. — John J. Hanson, cap- 
tain ; Alauson C. Haines, first lieutenant ; Andrew Randall, second lieutenant. 

Great Falls Light Infantry (Company H), Great Falls, forty-eight men. — William 
Hacking, captain; Eugene Webber, first lieutenant; John Raynard, second lieu- 
tenant. 

Manchester Veterans (Company I), Manchester, forty-three men. — George H. 
Dodge, captain ; David A. Page, first lieutenant ; Heni-y H. Everett, second lieu- 
tenant. 

Head Guards (Company K), Manchester, fifty-three men. — Charles H. Reed, cap- 
tain ; Charles W. Barker, Jr., first lieutenant ; John G. Lovejoy, second lieu- 
tenant. 

Escorting guests of the regiment. 

Ransom Guards Band, Henry W. Hatch, leader ; twenty-eight pieces. 
Ransom Guards of St. Albans, Vt., forty-five men. — F. S. Stranahan, captain; S. 
H. Wood, first lieutenant ; W. H. Farrar, second lieutenant. 
Col. T. S. Peck, commanding Vermont militia, and staff. 
Brig.-Gen. J. M. Clough. 
Lieut. -Col. D. S. Corser, assistant adjutant-general; Maj. William U. Patten, 
judge-advocate; Maj. James G. Sturgis, medical director; Maj. David Urch, 
assistant inspector-general ; Capt. George W. Nichols, brigade quartermaster ; 
Capt. John S. Kowell, brigade commissary ; Capt. E. G. Stark, Lieut. Fred P. 
Wilson, aids-de-camp. 

(Second Regiment New Hampshire National Guard, not represented.) 
Third Regiment New Hampshire National Guard, Col. Joab N. Patterson, com- 
manding. 
Lieut.-Col. True Sanborn, Jr., commanding battalion. 
Merrimack Guards (Company B), Capt. George H. Haines. 
State Capital Guards (Company C), Capt. George W. Felt. 
Pillsbury Light Guards (Company E), Capt. William H. Happny. 
Section A, First New Hampshire Battery, Lieut. A. M. Caswell and Sergeant 
George E. Glines ; thirty-five men, with two gun-carriages, fully equipped and 
rigged. 



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The first sub-division acting as escort to the second and third sub- 
divisions of this department, composed as follows : — 

SECOND SUB-DIVISION. 

Grand Army of the Republic, escorting Department Commander and staff, as 

follows : — 

Marshals, Capt. D. Wadsworth, Lieut. S. R. Wallace. 

Nashua Cornet Band, twenty-six pieces. — N. W. Marshall, leader. 

Post No. 7, Nashua, ninety men, in battalion of three companies. — W. H. D. 

Cochrane, commander ; T. B. Crowley, adjutant. 
Post No. 42, Lowell, guests of Post No. 7, forty men. — C. E. Stott, commander. 

Concord Drum Corps. 

Loyal delegation from Post No. 3, Manchester, and detachments from other Posts. — 

Past Dept. Commander T. W. Challis, commanding. 

Post No. 8, Great Falls, twenty-five men. — C. L. Chapman, commander. 

Post No. 10, Newport, twenty-five men. — G. H. Waldron, commander. 

Milford Cornet Band, twenty-two pieces. — A. E. Nichols, leader. 

Post No. 11, Milford, thirty men. — F. P. Hood, commander. 

Post No. 27, New Ipswich, with delegation from Post No. 19, Fitchburg, forty 

men. — M. P. Donley, commander. 

Post No. 29, Pittsfield, thirty men. — John Waldo, commander. 

Post No. 31, l^isherville, forty-two men. — G. W. Corey, commander. 

Drum Corps. 

Post No. 33, Hampstead, thirty-two men. — A. H. Davis, commander. 

Post No. 34, Kingston, thirty men. — D. B. Currier, commander. 

Haverhill Band, twenty-four pieces. — S. D. Perkins, leader. 

Post No. 47, ITaverhill, Mass., guests of Posts Nos. 33 and 34, sixty-six men. — 

C. Kaler, commander. 

Ashland Drum Corps. 

Post No. 35, Ashland, thirty-eight men. — F. M. Flanders, commander. 

Post No. 36, Lake Village, thirty men. — M. A. Haynes, commander. 

Post No. 39, Suncook, thirty-four men. — R. H. Paine, commander. 

Post No. 41, Londonderry, thirty-two men. — O. B. Stokes, commander. 

Gilford Cornet Band, twenty pieces. — Joseph L. Smith, leader. 

Post No. 42, Plymouth, fifty-eight men. — O. H. P. Craig, commander. 

Post No. 43, Amherst, twenty-eight men. — J. B. Fay, commander. 

Post No. 44, West Concord, twenty-five men. — W. W. Holden, commander. 

Post No. 4.5, East Derry, twenty-four men. — A. A. Pressey, commander. 



56 THE PROCESSION. 

Post No. 46, Weare, thirty meu. — A. H. Sawyer, commander. 
Belknap Cornet Band, twenty-five pieces. — Perley Putnam, leader. 
Post No. 37, Laconia, seventy-five men. — S. M. 8. Moulton, commander. 
Carriage containing Col. George Bowers, department commander ; Col. T. J. Whip- 
ple, judge-advocate; Dr. G. P. Greeley, chief of staff; Maj. A. B. Thompson, 
senior council. 
Carriage containing Col. D. M. White, junior vice-commander; Dr. D. B. Nelson, 
medical director; Rev. Paul S. Adams, chaplain; Rev. S. S. N. Greeley, aid-de- 
camp. 
Carriage containing Maj. R. P. Staniels, inspector-general; Maj. R. O. Greeuleaf, 
quartermaster-general; Col. J. E. Larkiu, past commander; Capt. A. S. Eaton, 
past commander. 

Barge containing members of the councU, aids-de-camp, and past commanders. 
Barges and wagon with disabled comrades. 

THIRD SUB-DIVISION. 

Lisbon Drum Corps, H. O. Cram, leader; twenty-one pieces. 
War Veterans, three hundred men. — Col. Dana W. King, Nashua, commanding; 
Edwin P. Richardson, Manchester, late of the United States navy, chief of staff; 
Col. T. A. Barker, Westmoreland, late of the Fourteenth New Hampshire Vol- 
unteers, adjutant-general ; Capt. A. J. Haugh, Lowell, Col. Thomas E. Barker, 
Boston, Capt. Otis C. Wyatt, Tilton, Col. Charles H. Long, Claremont, Lieut. 
Fred P. Cram, Exeter, Capt. T. P. Flynn, Lebanon, Maj. Jesse T. Angell, Flor- 
ence, Mass., aids-de-camp. 

Manchester Battalion of Veterau.s, escorting 
Lowell Battalion of Veterans, Nashua Battalion of Veterans, Veteran organiza- 
tions and Veterans from all parts of the State. 
Barges containing disabled and infirm veteran soldiers. 

CENTER DIVISION. 
Maj. J. G. Sturgis in charge. 

FIKST SUn-DlVISION. 

Ilildretli's Cornet Band, Suncook, C. B. HUdreth, leader, T. G. Fookes, director; 

twenty-three pieces. 

Manchester Fire Department, as follows : — 

Thomas W. Lane, chief engineer ; Benjamin C. Kendall, Grin E. Kimball, assistant 

engineers. 



THE PROCESSION. 57 

Amoskeag Steatn Fire Engine Company Xo. 1, fourteen men. — Capt. George R. 

Simmons, foreman ; A. D. Scovill, assistant foreman ; Will A. Butterfield, clerk. 
E. W. Harrington Hose Company No. 3, with reserve engine E. W. Harrington 

No. 3, twelve men. — Ruel Manning, assistant foreman ; Joseph Schofield, clerk. 
N. S. Bean Steam Fire Engine Company No. 4, fourteen men. — Capt. Eugene 

S. Whitney, foreman ; Charles E. Hani, assistant foreman ; Edgar G. Abbott, 

clerk. 
Reserve engine, Fire King No. 2. — H. S. Reed, driver. 
Pennacook Hose Company No. 1, twenty men. — Capt. Albert Maxfield, foreman ; 

Clarence D. Palmer, assistant foreman ; Joseph E. Merrill, clerk. 
Massabesic Hose Company No. 2, twelve men. — Capt. Henry W. Fisher, foreman ; 

J. F. Seaward, assistant foreman ; Henry G. Seaman, clerk. 
Excelsior Hook and Ladder Company No. 1, twenty-five men. — Capt. John N. 

Chase, foreman ; A.L. N. Robertson, assistant foreman; George E. Glines, clerk. 
Supply wagon. — Dennis Sullivan, driver. 

SECOND SUB-DIVISION. 

Public Schools of Manchester. 

Barge containing young ladies representing States and Territories. Team fur- 
nished and driven by John C. Ray, superintendent of State Reform School. 

Mamie Ray, Lizzie Moore, Mattie Newhall, Cora Gilman, AUie Johnson, Ruthie 
Johnson, Lizzie Burns, Fannie Burns, Ella Burns, Ida Brigham, Carrie Brigham, 
Sena Merrill, Mary Lizzie Gage, Nettie Knight, Nettie Ainsworth, Ida Platts, 
Hattie Johnson, Minnie Mills, Iry Batchelder, Nellie Boynton, Gerty Horton, 
Annie Currier, Mattie Bean, Annie Prescott, Henrietta Walker, Martha Brig- 
ham, Carrie Gage, Jennie Snow, Ella Hope, Carrie Gonzales, Gertrude Fogg, 
Clara Bradley, Louisa Hill, Sadie Savory, Maud Baker, Ella Ferguson, Nellie 
Eager, Carrie Lee, Hortense Sutcliffe, Josie Dearborn, Hattie Stearns, Lelia 
Brooks, Mary True, Addie Moore, Nellie James, Freddie Briggs, Jennie Lull, 
Mamie Ferguson, Florence Bartlett, Emma Chadwick, Lula Hill, Annie Davis, 
Mamie Clark. 

THIED SUB-DIVISION. 

City government and invited guests, as follows : — 

Barouche containing his Honor John L. Kelly, mayor ; Hon. Daniel Clark, presi- 
dent of the day; Hon. J. W. Patterson, orator; Rev. E. G. Selden, chaplain. 

Carriage containing George Keller, architect; M. J. Power, artist ; Messrs. Freder- 
ick and Field, contractors. 



58 THE PROCESSION. 

Barge containing James A. Weston, Joseph IJ. Clark, Patrick Fahey, L. B. Bod- 
well, John W. Dickey, T. W. Challis, W. G. Hoyt, building committee; John 
M. Stanton, Thomas L. Thorpe, J. W. Whittle, Carl C. Shepard, C. W. Eager, 
C. H. Hodgman, John B. Clarke, George A. Hanscom, J. M. Chandler, Ira 
Cross, S. S. Piper, committee on dedication; B. F. Dame. 

Barge containing city government of Manchester. 

Barouche containing Hon. Horace A. Brown, mayor of Concord; Hon. Charles 
Holraan, mayor of Nashua; Hon. William H. Sise, mayor of Portsmouth; and 
Hon. Richard Stewart, mayor of Keeue. 

Barge containing the city government of Keene. 

Barge containing the city government of Concord. 

Barge containing the city government of Nashua. 

Barge containing the city government of Portsmouth. 

Barouche containing Gov. Van Zandt of Rhode Island, and staff. 

Barouche containing Gov. Garcelon of Maine, and staff. 

Barouche containing Ex-Governors Goodwin and Cheney. 

Carriage containing ex-mayors of Manchester, D. A. Bunton, John Hosley, I. W. 
Smith, J. F. James. 

Barouche containing Senators E. H. Rollins and H. W. Blair, and Congressmen 
J. F. Briggs, Evarts W. Farr, and J. G. Hall. 

Barouche containing governor's council, as follows: Hon. Warren Brown, Hon. 
Hiram A. Tuttle, Hon. Nathan Parker, Hon. James Burnap, Hon. Joseph 
Burrows. 

Carriage containing Hon. Moody Currier, Samuel Fay, William Aniory. 

Carriage containing B. C. Dean, Roger Wolcott, J. L. Stackpole. 

Carriage containing Col. Hawkes Fearing, Gen. A. F. Stevens, Gen. M. W. Tap- 
pan, Gen. M. T. Donohoe. 

Carriage containing A. B. Thompson, secretary of state ; I. AV. Hammond, deputy 
secretary of state; Hon. C. W. Stanley. 

Carriage containing J. P. Bancroft, superintendent of the asylum for the insane ; 
Hon. Oliver Pillsbury, insurance commissioner; John Kimball, commissioner on 
building new state-prison. 

Carriage containing Railroad Commissioners Granville P. Conn, J. E. French. 

Carriage containing Bank Commissioners L. W. Cogswell and J. G. Kimball, and 
Pension Agent Col. E. L. Whitford. 

Carriage containing Fish Commissioners Samuel Webber and Luther Hayes, and 
Special Commissioners on affairs of Lake Winnipesaukee, Hon. C. W. Wood- 
man and H. P. Rolfe. 



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Carriage containing Hon. Jewett Connor and Hon. J. M. Parker, of board of 
equalization; W. H. H. Mason, trustee of agricultural college: A. F. How- 
ard, collector of port of Portsmouth. 

Barouches containing Messrs. J. D Lyman, C. S. Averill, C. F. Stone, G. 6. 
Spalding, K. S. Hall, B. M. Mason, Howard F. Hill, E. A. Peterson, trustees of 
normal school. 

Barouche containing A. C. Clement, J. W. Peppard, trustees of state reform school. 

Barouche containing Dexter Richards, David CTillis, J. B. Walker, trustees of the 
asylum for the insane. 

Barouches containing Moses Humphrey, B. F. Hutchinson, C. F. Kingsbury, 
William H. Hills, James O. Adams, Albert DeMeritte, board of agriculture. 

Barouche containing Rev. Sullivan Holraan, chaplain of prison; Richard C. 
Bartlett, commissioner of pilotage; E. P. Prescott, inspector of flour. 

Barouche containing John Pender, John H. Flagg, William O. Sides, inspectors 
of customs; S. H. Marshall, deputy collector port of Portsmouth. 

Barouche containing George A. Marden, Lowell; George S. Merrill, Lawrence; 
George M. Dewey, Michigan ; Stephen O'Meara, city editor " Boston Journal." 

Carriage containing Col. W. E. Stevens, Hon. O. C. Moore, Thomas C. Rand, Esq. 

Barge containing Messrs. F. W. Miller, H. C. Ferry, George E. Foster, H. P. 
Grandy, Messrs. Barton and Prescott, I. W. Quimby, J. D. P. Wingate, A. A. 
Rotch, Otis S. Eastman, B. B. and F. P. Whittemore, J. E. Pecker, C. H. Kim- 
ball, C. H. Parker, R. F. Holton. 

CIVIC DEPARTMENT. 
Col. E. C. Shirley in charge; Capt. E. G. Stark, aid. 

FIRST SUB-DIVISION. 

Goffstown Band, L. H. Stark, leader ; twenty-two pieces. 
Wonolanset Encampment No. 2. 
James L. Sweet, chief patriarch ; George W. Woodburn, high priest ; James Light- 
body, senior warden; U. A. Carswell, scribe; John Y. Cressey, treasurer; 
Eugene Clement, junior warden ; John T. Robinson, captain ; Oscar F. Bartlett, 
second captain. 

Mount Washington Encampment No. 16. 
Thomas H. Howlett, chief patriarch ; William T. Rowell, high priest; Frank A. 
Cadwell, senior warden ; Henry B. Gillette, scribe ; Charles H. Fisk, treasurer ; 
Oliver H. Abbott, junior warden ; John K. Piper, first captain ; John N. Bruce, 
second captain. 



60 THE PROCESSION. 

Concord Uniformed Patriarchs. 
William K. Norton, captain ; Moses Ladd, vice-captain ; Byron Atwood, scribe. 
Townsend Band, S. A. Tyler, leader; twenty-two pieces. 
Nashoonon Encampment, Nasliua; forty men. , 
R. M. Blanchard, cliief captain ; H. S. Ashley, subordinate captain. 
Indian Head Encampment, Nashua; twenty-five men. 
C. O. Batchelder, chief patriarch; C. N. Greenwood, senior warden; P. L. Allen, 
high priest; J. A. Small, scribe; C. A. Lovejoy, treasurer; N. Greenwood, 
junior warden ; W. E. Taggart, chief captain ; G. P. Hill, subordinate captain. 
Quochecho and Prescott Encampments, Dover; fifty men. 
C. F. Peel, captain, commanding. 

Barouche containing John W Saul, most worthy grand patriarch ; L. F. McKin- 
ney, most worthy grand master ; George D. Lamos, most eminent grand high 
priest; S. C. Gould, right worthy grand senior warden. 
Carriage containing L. K. Peacock, right worthy grand treasurer: J. AV. Colcord, 
right worthy grand junior warden ; W. H. Lamprey, wortliy grand inside sen- 
tinel; H. S. Gray, worthy grand outside sentinel. 
Carriage containing John R. Miller, John H. Locke, George A. Cummings, and 
H. A. Farrington, grand representatives. 

SECOND SUB-DIVISION. 

^Manchester French Band, J. Lafricain, leader; twenty-five pieces. 
Trinity Commandry No. 1, Manchester ; one hundred and fifty men. 
Andrew Bunton, eminent commander ; Harvey L. Currier, generalissimo ; John K. 
Piper, captain-general; John D. Patterson, prelate; Benjamin G. Cumner, senior 
warden; Daniel A. Clifford, junior warden ; James A. Weston, treasurer; Joseph 
E. Bennett, recorder; Frank Dowst, standard- beai-er; Henry Colby, sword- 
bearer; George H. True, warder; Benjamin W. Robinson, Frederick S. Man- 
ning, Frank S. Bodwell, captains of guards ; George A. Bailey, sentinel. 
Great Falls Cadet Band; nineteen pieces. 
De Witt Clinton Commandry No. 2, Portsmouth; fifty men. 
William P. Walker, eminent commander; Charles W. Gardner, generalissimo; 
John H. Cheever, captain-general; John Christie, prelate; Charles W.Norton, 
senior warden; Calvin Page, junior warden; Wingate N. Ilsley, treasurer; 
James L. Parker, recorder; Daniel G. Raitt, standard-bearer; Thomas E. 0. 
Marvin, sword-bearer ; Benjamin F.Webster, warder; Harry G. Tauton, cap- 
tain of third guard; Henry H. Hani, Jr., captaiu of second guard; George F. 
Thompson, captain of first guard; John Nutter, sentinel. 



THE PROCESSION. 61 

Third Regiment Band, Concord, William Hall, leader; twenty-five pieces. 
Mount Horeb Coramandry No. 3, Concord; ninety-four men. 

Joseph W. Hildreth, eminent commander; Charles N. Towle, geneValissimo ; Frank 
D. Woodbury, captain-general; Edward Dow, prelate; Charles C. Danfortli, 
senior warden; Thomas A. Pilsbury, junior warden; Stillman Humphrey, treas- 
urer; Edgar H. Woodman, recorder; Frank B. Cochran, standard-bearer; Frank 
L. Sanders, sword-bearer; Waldo A. Kussell, warder. 

North Star Comraandry No. 4, Lancaster; forty men. 

E. R. Kent, eminent commander; T. S. Ellis, Charles A. Cleaveland, Henry J. 
Cummings, Nelson Sparks, Frank Smith, Charles M. Burleigh, E. V. Cobleigh, 
John M. Whipple, Ira E. Woodward, George S. Stockwell, Thomas C. Gray, 
George Van Dyke, Daniel Proctor, Jared H. Flaisted, Nathan R. Perkins, 
Moses F. Gordon, Fred N. Day, Arthur L. Meserve, E. D. Stockwell, Lafayette 
Moore, Asa L. Palmer, A. M. Thompson, John S. Ockington, E. C. Roby, George 
Barrett, B. T. Olcott, J. W. Barney. 

Officers of the Grand Commandry. 

Albert S. Wait, Newport, right eminent grand commander; R. E. Sir John S. 
Kidder, Manchester, acting vice eminent deputy grand commander; R. E. Sir 
Joseph W. Fellows, Manchester, acting eminent grand generalissimo ; Nathan 
P. Hunt, Manchester, eminent grand captain-general; R. E. Sir John D. Patter- 
son, Manchester, acting eminent grand prelate; Frank A. McKean, Nashua, 
eminent grand treasurer ; George P. Cleaves, eminent grand recorder; Thomas 
S. Ellis, Lancaster, eminent gi'and senior warden ; Milton A. Taylor, Nashua, 
eminent grand junior warden ; Sir Edward Gustine, Keene, acting eminent 
gi-and standard-bearer; Sir Thomas H. Johnson, Salem, Mass., acting eminent 
grand sword-bearer; Sir D. B. Vickeiy, Haverhill, Mass., acting eminent grand 
warder; J. Frank Webster, Concord, eminent grand captain of the guards. 
Dover Cornet Band, R. L. Reinwold, leader ; twenty-five pieces. 
St. Paul Commandry No. 5, Dover ; seventy-five men. 

Charles H. Sawyer, eminent commander ; Henry P. Glidden, generalissimo ; 
George P. Demeritt, captain-general; Rev. John B. Richmond, prelate; Ellery 
I. Bennett, senior warden ; George F. Richards, junior warden ; John T. W. 
Ham, treasurer; John H. Nealley, recorder; Aaron Roberts, standard-bearer ; 
William H. Hanson, sword-bearer ; Frank J. Woodman, warder ; Horatio G. 
Hanson, armorer. 

Sullivan Commandry No. 6, Claremont ; fifty men. 

Hosea W. Parker, eminent commander ; George H. Stowell, generalissimo ; Fred- 
erick Haubrich, captain-general ; Edward SmUey, prelate ; Charles H. Long, 



62 THE PROCESSION. 

senior warden j John W. Collins, junior warden; John T. Emerson, treasurer; 
Henry C. Deane, recorder; Hollis A. Jenne, standard-bearer; Levi Johnson, 
sword-bearer; George O. Woodcock, warder; William B. Henry, captain of 
third guard; Hiram G. Sherman, captain of second guard; James Young, cap- 
tain of first guard; Edward H. Jacques, armorer and sentinel. 

Second Regiment Band, Theodore Allen, leader ; twenty-five pieces. 
Hugh de Paynes Commandry No. 7, Keene ; eighty men. 

Solon S. Wilkinson, eminent commander ; Koyal H. Portei-, generalissimo ; Fred A . 
Barker, captain-general ; Elisha Ayer, prelate ; Joseph K. Beal, treasurer ; Clark 
F. Rowell, recorder ; Frank L. Howe, senior warden ; Ormond E. Colony, junior 
warden; AVilliam S. Briggs, sword-beai'er ; Ainsworth M. Nims, standard- 
bearer; George J. Appleton, warder; Andrew R. Mason, captain of third 
guard ; Chester L. Kingsbury, captain of second guard ; George H. Jackson, 
captain of first guard; William G. Silsby, organist; George L. Whitney, ar- 
morer and sentinel. 

Dunstable Baud, Hiram Spalding, leader; twenty-one pieces. 
St. George Commandi^ No. 8, Nashua; seventy-five men. 

Henry A. Marsh, eminent commander; Frank A. McKean, generalissimo; Milton 
A. Taylor, captain-general; Ralph A. Arnold, prelate; John H. Clark, senior 
warden; Joshua W. Hunt, junior warden; Quincy A. Woodward, treasurer; 
Samuel Lamson, recorder; Nathan H. Foster, standard-bearer; James H. Hall, 
sword-bearer; Augustus D. Ayling, warder; Rufus Fitzgerald, captain of third 
guard; Addison Knights, captain of second guard; John H. Barr, captain of 
first guard. 

Lafayette Lodge No. 41, Manchester.' 

John K. Wilson, worshipful master; William G. Garmon, senior warden ; Evander 
G.Merrill, junior warden; Joseph E. Bennett, treasurer; Thomas W.Lane, 
secretary; Henry P. Priest, senior deacon; John T. Phillips, junior deacon; 
Edward B. Woodbury, senior steward ; Charles J. Darrah, junior steward ; Ru- 
fus L. Bartlett, marshal ; Ezra Huntington, chaplain; George A. Bailey, tyler. 

Washington Lodge No. 61, Manchester. 
George A . Bailey, worshipful master ; George E. Thompson, senior warden ; 
Joseph Beddows, junior warden; N. W. Cumner, treasurer; Edward P. Sher- 
burne, secretary ; Charles A. Smith, representative to Grand Lodge; Douglass 
Mitchell, senior deacon ; Willard C. Parker, junior deacon; Frederick S. Afan- 
ning, senior steward; John T. Robinson, junior steward ; Warren Harvey, 
mar-shal ; Henry Powers, chaplain; Rufus L. Bartlett. tyler. 



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Escorting guests and the Grand Lodge of the State of New Hampshire, as follows : 
Barouche containing Solon A. Carter, most worshipful grand master; Joseph 

Kidder, acting deputy grand master; F. A. McKean, senior grand warden; 

A. W. Baker, junior grand warden. 
Carriage containing George P. Cleaves, grand secretary ; James Adams, grand 

chaplain. 
Carriage containing Henry Powers, grand chaplain; William A. Clough, acting 

senior grand deacon ; H. E. Burnham, junior grand deacon. 
Carriage containing grand steward and grand marshal. 

THIRD SUB-DIVISION. 

Franklin Band, twenty-two pieces. 
Granite Lodge No. 3, Knights of Pythias. 
W. W. Owen, past chancellor; Benjamin T. Rounds, chancellor commander ; R. S. 
Corey, vice chancellor; John P. Young, prelate; F. W. McKinley, keeper of 
records and seal; H. E. Stevens, master of exchequer; W. E. Moore, master of 
finance ; George W. Newell, master-at-arms ; George A. Weeks, inner guard ; 
R. W. Flanders, outer guard. 

Merrimack Lodge No. 4, Knights of Pythias. 
Charles M. Currier, past chancellor; Robert A. Seaver, chancellor commander; 
Andrew J. Hersey, vice chancellor; Charles E. Page, prelate; George F. Crosby, 
keeper of records and seal; Alonzo Day, master of finance; Charles W. Temple, 
master of exchequer ; Parker H.Houston, master-at-arms; Caleb D. Emerson, 
inner guard ; Samuel W. Shepard, outer guard. 

Concord Lodge No. 8, Knights of Pythias, Concord. 
Mount Belknap Lodge No. 20, Knights of Pythias, Laconia. 
Oriental Lodge No. 12, Knights of Pythias, Suncook. 
Nashua Lodge No. 5, Knights of Pythias, Nashua. 
Officers of the Grand Lodge, Knights of Pythia.s, in carriages. 
William E. Moore, of Granite Lodge No. 3, Manchester, grand chancellor; Albert 
T. Cotton, of Rising Sun Lodge No. 7, Rochester, grand vice chancellor; Wil- 
liam A. Frye, of Pioneer Lodge No. i, Newmarket, grand prelate; Lorenzo K. 
Peacock, of Concord Lodge No. 8, Concord, grand master of exchequer; Frank 
J. Pillsbury, of Concord Lodge No. 8, Concord, grand keeper of records and 
seal; Frederick Newman, of Hillsborough Lodge No. 17, Hillsborough Bridge, 
grand master-at-arms; John N. Haines, of Prospect Lodge No. 13, Great Falls, 
grand inner guard; Edwin G. Wilson, of Mount Belknap Lodge No. 20, La- 
conia, grand outer guard; Charles M. Lang, of Concord Lodge No. 8, Concord, 



64 THE PROCESSION. 

past grand chancellor; Daniel E. Howard, of Concord Lodge No. 8, Concord, 
past supreme representative; Silas C. Clatur, of Granite Lodge No. 3, Manches- 
ter, past supreme representative. 

Saint Jean Baptiste Society; ninety-six men. 
J. V. N. Goudreault, president; Charles Kobitaille, vice-president ; Dr. J. W. D. 
MacDonald, chief marshal. 

Saint Paul's Total Abstinence Society ; forty-five men. 
John Tobin, president ; James Reynolds, vice-president ; Daniel J. Sweeney, Wil- 
liam J. Murphy, secretaries ; Festus Devine, treasurer . 

Saint John's Total Abstinence Society. 
Ancient Order of Hibernians; seventy men. 
Dennis Dee, president; E. J. McLaughlin, vice-president. 

Saint Patrick's Mutual Benefit and Protective Society ; fifty men, in barges. 
Daniel I. Mahoney, president; Peter Milon, vice-president. 

Amoskeag Grange, Patrons of Husbandry, Manchester, Adam Dickey, master; 

eighty men. 

Officers of the State Grange, Patrons of Husbandry. 

Dudley T. Chase, Glaremont, master; John D. Lyman, Exeter, lectm-er; C. C. 

Shaw, Milford, secretary; F. L. Taylor, Danbury, steward. 

Stark Grange, Dunbarton, William H. Stinson, master; seventy men. 

Uncanoonuc Grange, GofEstown, George Pattee, master; sixty men. 

Souhegan Grange, Amherst, J. G. Haselton, master; twenty men. 

Nuffield Grange, Derry, J. R. Clark, master; twenty men. 

Granite Grange, Milford, E. C. Hutchinson, master; thh-ty men. 

Narragansett Grange, Bedford, Solomon Manning, master; sixty men. 



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At the west side, or front, of the monument, a grand stand was 
erected which seated two thousand people. 

Admission to tlie various sections was by ticket, in tlie distriliution 
of which particular effort was made to furnish them to the widows of 
soldiers, and to veterans of the war of 1812. 

The stand was in ciiarge of the following corps of ushers : Chief 
usher, U. A. Carswell ; aids, William G. Everett, R. 0. Burleigh, 
John C. Littlefield, Frank Smith, Henry M. Preston, I. G. Rowell. 

The city government, distinguished guests, and Grand Lodge of 
Masons were given seats immediately in front of the monument. 
The ceremonies were in the following order : — 

1. Introductory Address, hy president of the day, Hon. Daniel Clark. 

2. Prayer, by chaplain of the day, Rev. E. G. Selden. 

3. Unveiling of Monument, by Col. George Bowers, dept. commander, Grand 

Army Republic. 

4. Artillery Salute. 

5. Keller's American Hymn, by American Band, D. W. Reeves, director. 

6. Delivery of Monument to the City, by chairman of building committee, 

Hon. James A. Weston. 

7. Acceptance of the Monument, by the mayor, Hon. John L. Kelly. 

8. Dedication of Monument, by Grand Lodge of Masons, Solon A. Carter, 

master. 

9. Inflammatus (" Stabat Mater"), American Band. 

10. PoftM, written for the occasion by Mrs. B. F. Dame; read by B. F. Dame. 

11. Oration, by Hon. James W. Patterson. 

12. Addresses, by Govs. Head, Garcelon, and Van Zandt. 

13. Benediction, by Rev. E. G. Selden. 



68 THE DEDICATION. 

THE ADDRESS OP HON. DANIEL CLARK. 

Tlie war is over, and peace has come. Tlie rebellion has been 
crushed, and slavery, which incited and envenomed the contest, has 
perished in the struggle. 

The territory of the United States, from sea to sea, and from the 
Canadas to the Gulf, is undivided, and the supremacy of the Constitu- 
tion has been maintained over every part. No State has been allowed 
to secede. The old flag of the Union, the stars and stripes, floats 
over all. 

But, with the coming of peace, there have not returned to us many 
of the noble men who went forth to battle. They have fallen, — some 
of them on the field, or in the camp or hospital : and they sleep by 
the riverside and on the hillside ; on the plain and on the mountain ; 
in the cultivated field or wild wood ; on the land and in the sea. The 
sound of their returning footfalls has not been heard, and their vacant 
chairs have not been filled. 

Others have returned, maimed, wounded, broken, and have died 
among us, cheered by the offices of affection, and mourned by the 
mingled tears of gratitude and love ; while others still survive, and 
many an " empty sleeve " or substituted crutch or wooden leg attests 
the sacrifices these men have made and the hardships they have 
endured. And now, as often as comes the leafy, budding month of 
May, they seek the graves of their fallen comrades and decorate them 
with flowers, and many a little flag attests where — 
"Sleep the brave who sink to rest, 
By all their country's wishes ))less'd." 

These graves, known and unknown, are now bound to the living by 
the mystic cords of memoi-y and affection : but the " years glide by," 
and tlie generations pass ; almost half a generation has gone since 
the war closed, and comrade after comrade lias started on his last 
march. Soon all the grand army of the Union will have gone 
" over the river," and, encamped with " Father Abraham " on the 
shining plains beyond, thrice " three hundred thousand more." 



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Who then shall decorate tliese graves ? or what outward and visi- 
ble acknowledgments shall there be of our gratitude for the services 
they have rendered ? 

We would not have them neglected or forgotten or overlooked. 
Nay, rather we would have them in perpetual remembrance and con- 
stant view ; and to this end the city of Mancliester has erected this 
monument, that it may be a perpetual decoration of the graves of the 
fallen, and a shrine in which shall be ti'easured the precious recollec- 
tion of all that these men, living and dead, have braved, suffered, and 
endured. 

I say "the living and the dead," for this monument is builded by 
the city in honor of botli alike. Both were alike firm in their devo- 
tion to duty, and ready at their country's call. Both were equally 
brave, and all equally dared death that the government might be pre- 
served. Soon all will sleep together, and we would honor them alike. 

We have located it upon one of our most public squares, that the 
citizens, both native and foreign born, may behold it at morn and 
noon and evening, and renew, with every passing gaze, their devotion 
to Liberty and Union, and that -the stranger " within our gates " shall 
know in what esteem we held these men, by whose heroism and 
devotion to duty the union of these United States has been preserved. 

We have made it of granite and bronze, that it may resist the. 
gnawing tooth of time, and teach to one generation after anotiier how 
priceless is the legacy wiiicli the services of the grand army of the 
Union have enabled us to transmit to posterity. 

Upon its top we have placed the figure of Victory, with a crown 
upon her head, denoting the supremacy of the government ; in her 
left iiand she holds tlie wreaths with which siie crowns tiiose wliose 
services we tliis day honor ; and in her right hand her sword, witli 
the hilt advanced, in token of amity, and the point inclining back- 
wards, that there be no more fratricidal strife. 

Come, then, fellow-citizens, and assist in this dedication, and as we 
engage in these ceremonies may the glow of patriotism be brighter 



70 THE DEDICATION. 

and warmer in our liearts, and may they overflow with gratitude to 
that beneficent Providence which gave to our fatliers this goodly land, 
and enabled them to establisii this, best of all governments, and tlieir 
sons to maintain it. 

The Rev. B. G. Selden, pastor of the First Congregational Church, 
chaplain of the day, then offered a brief prayer. 

THE UNVEILING. 

At each of the four statues, which were appropriately veiled with 
American flags, was stationed a comrade in the full uniform of the 
Grand Army, — J. T. Batchelder, commander Post 2, A. H. Davis, 
commander Post -33, S. M. 8. Moulton, commander Post 37, T. B. 
Crowley, adjutant Post 7, who, at a given signal from the department 
commander. Col. George Bowers, pulled the lialyards running up the 
flags, amidst the ringing of all the city bells, the screech of locomo- 
tives at the railroad station, and the booming of cannon by the First 
New Hampshire Battery, Capt. S. S. Piper. 

The monument being unveiled, tlie vast assemblage joined witii 
the Grand Army of the Republic in singing "America," with band 
accompaniment. Tiie adjutant-general, Col. W. H. D. Cochrane, tlien 
advanced toward the commander, from the center, about-faced, and at 
bugle-call three heralds. Comrades D. R. Piei-ce, assistant department 
commander, representing "Fraternity"; D. M. White, junior vice 
commander, representing " Charity " ; M. A. Haynes, senior vice 
commander, representing " Loyalty, " advanced to the front, to within 
three paces of the officer, wlierc tliey were commanded by him to 
" proclaim to all comrades and to the world the great principles of 
the Grand Army of the Republic." The heralds then, with line mili- 
tary precision, saluted the officer, right about-faced together, and, in 
turn, repeated the following proclamation : — 

First Herald. — "We proclaim as the foundation-stone of our 
order the principle of Fraternity. Tiic fraternity of a brotherhood 



THE DEDICATION. 71 

welded together by common danger ; a fraternity which knows not 
former rank. We liail each other as comrades." 

Second Herald. — " We proclaim the principle of Charity. The 
true soldier's hand is ever open for the relief of a suffering comrade, 
and for the protection of those whom the dead have left to our charge. 
Blessed is the heart that warms in the sunshine of Charity." 

Third Herald. — " We proclaim the crowning principle of Loyalty. 
Loyalty to the living, loyalty to the memory of the dead ; that loyalty 
to country which bares the sword in the hour of supreme peril, and 
of the breasts of loyal men forms living ramparts against the assaults 
of foreign foes and domestic traitors." 

The heralds then all joined hands and faced to the front, while the 
adjutant-general repeated the lines: — 

" So stand we all united. Ever cherish the principles of our order, 
Fraternity, Charity, Loyalty." 

Returning to line. Commander Bowers advanced toward the com- 
rades, and as he did so Col. Cochrane gave the order, " Present 
arms ! " Col. Bowers closed the ceremonies of unveiling by deliver- 
ing the following address : — 

Comrades, Veterans, and Citizens of Manchester, — We stand here 
beneath the brow of heaven at this time to do what, under the provi- 
dence of God, who holds in his hand the destinies of nations, is but 
a sacred duty which we owe to those to whose memory this noble 
structure has been reared, and words of mine will but feebly express 
the debt of gratitude we owe to the brave men who periled their 
lives in the interests of that form of government the like of which 
does not exist beneath the sun. 

When the day of darkness came upon us, these men, true to their 
own heartiistones, true to the patriotism of the fathers, true to their 
own consciences, and therefore true to God, went forth, baring their 
forms to the red storms of war, in whose bloody footsteps we are 



72 THE DEDICATION. 

reaping the sweet flowers of peace. They were ready to die, if need 
be, not for fame, not for wealth or for name, — oli, no ! — but for a 
principle that underlies the form of government under which we lire. 
And if, in the midst of the surging tempest of war, they were asked 
to scale some height of tlie enemy, some seemingly impregnable one, 
it was not the one who responded, but all; and step by step they 
went up, planting their colors there, not all of them to answer to their 
names beneath those colors, but to hear them called in the muster-roll 
around tlie throne of God. Is it not meet, then, that we stand here 
to-day with these surroundings, l)eneath this monument which has 
been erected to speak, as it will day by day, in the lengthening days 
of our nation's glory ? It speaks- the sentiments which these brave 
men, to whose memory it has been reared, would utter, could they but 
open their cold lips, saying, Wiiatever else may be, one truth shall 
be upheld, that sacred, next to our faith and our God, shall our flag 
ever be. Let this monument, tlien, stand forever as a token of our 
everlasting gratitude and our obligation to the men whose me^uory 
it perpetuates, standing as the evidence of things that have been, 
and, under God, shall be. 

Should any ruthless or partisan hand ever dare to seek the life- 
blood of the nation, — perish whatever else, — Our country, our whole 
country, forever shall be our watchword. Let those who shall come 
in the morning, at noon-day, or evening's close, to look upon this 
work, and to recall the names it brings to mind, but become inspired 
with tlie patriotism that has reared this monument, and there shall 
not be one star blotted out from the horizon of our nation's glory. 

THE ADDRESS OF EX-GOV. JAMES A. WESTON. 

Mr. Mayor, — The building committee of the soldiers' monument, 
having discharged the duties for which they were chosen about two 
years since, would now surrender to you, as cliief magistrate of the 
city, the result of their labors. 

In selecting a design for this monument from tlic many offered by 



THE DEDICATION. 73 

eminent architects, the committee were influenced, not only by the 
artistic merit of the one adopted, but by the general fitness of its 
style — the modern Gothic — to express the sentiment intended; 
and it has been a satisfaction to us to have the indorsement by the 
public of our selection. This structure is no duplicate of similar 
works ; the statuary and all the architectural features are original in 
design and application ; the materials, bronze and New Hampshire 
granite, are the most appropriate and enduring; and its construction, 
from the laying of its foundation to the last detail of its work, shows 
skilled and faithful lal)or. 

The statuary, symbols, and inscription best tell the story and pur- 
pose of the monument in honoring the citizen soldier ; but it is fitting, 
in the formalities of delivering this work over to your custody, to note 
in official form its principal features. The design embodies the three- 
fold idea of an historical and a military monument, and a fountain ; and 
in its cruciform base includes a basin, thirty feet in width, inclosed 
in a parapet of ornamental character. In the center of each of the 
four projecting arms of the basin is a pedestal, on a line with the 
parapet, supporting each a bronze statue of heroic size, representing 
the principal divisions of service in the army and navy ; namely, the 
infantry soldier, the cavalryman, artilleryman, and sailor. Alternat- 
ing in pairs between these figures are eight bronze posts for gas-lights, 
surmounted by our national emblem. 

The column, fifty feet in height, rising from the center of the basin, 
is supported on a circular pedestal four feet in diameter, and is 
crowned with a capital richly carved with appropriate Gothic orna- 
ment ; upon this is placed a colossal statue, in granite, eight feet in 
height, representing Victory with lier nuiral crown, a shield lying at 
her feet, and holding a wreatli and recumbent sword, emblematic of 
triumph and peace. This figure, irrespective of the sentiment which 
it admirably conveys, is a fine work of art in its attitude, features, and 
drapery. At the base of the column is placed a shield witli the arms 
of the city ; while above are displayed flags and weapons, the trophies 
of war. 



74 THE DEDICATION. 

SuiTouuding the circular pedestal is a bronze bas-relief, four feet in 
height, representing such incidents of recruiting, arming, parting 
from friends, and marching, as toll, in a simple and effective manner, 
the meaning of the memorial. 

Tlie base of the pedestal is octagonal in form, and on its west or 
front side bears a bronze tablet, on which these words are inscribed : 

IN HONOR OF 

THE MEN OK MANCHESTER 

WHO GAVE THEIR SERVICES 

IN THE WAR WHICH 

PRESERVED THE UNION OF THE STATES 

AND 

SECURED EQUAL RIGHTS TO ALL UNDER 

THE CONSTITUTION 

THIS MONUMENT IS BUILT 

BY 

A GRATEFUL CITY 

This inscription was prepared by our fellow-townsman, Mr. H. W. 
Herrick, and was selected from the large number contributed, by a 
committee of literary gentlemen appointed for that purpose. 

Above the bas-relief are twelve gargoyles, attached to the cornice 
of the circular pedestal, and issuing from them are jets of water fall- 
ing into the basin below. 

The four principal figures, in bronze, are works of artistic merit, 
and were modeled and cast expressly for this structure. Tlie careful 
finish and general character of this im))ortant feature of the work 
have given much satisfaction. 

In transferring to the city this monument, it is only justice to the 
contractors, Messrs. Fredei'ick and Field, of Quincy, JIass. ; to Mr.M. 
J. Power, of the fine-art foundry. New York, who furnished the bronze 
work, and to the sculptors, Buberl, Richards, and Hartley, also of 
New York, to bear testimony to their fidelity and skill ; also to express 
satisfaction in the superintendence of the work Ijy the architect and 



Tin: UEUICATIOS. Tf) 

designer, Mr. Oeorjre Keller of Hartford, C()im.,t<> wlimn (he eoininit- 
tec desire to acknowledge tlieir indeiitedncss for inucli of the success 
that has been attained. From tlic laying of the corner-stone. Decora- 
tion Day, May 30, 1878, to the coin|>letion of the work, great care has 
i»cen taken that honest material and faithful workmanship should 
characterize every stop of progress. 

And now, as tins moninni'nt pas.ses from the official sujHjrvisiou of 
the Imilding committee, — a work which they have earnestly desired 
should he wortliy of the city, and worthy of the i)rave men whose 
services it commemorates, we are reminded of the important labors 
performed by one of our numl)er, who is not permitted to unite with 
us ill these ceremonies. The zeal and disinterested services of the 
lamented Dr. E. M. Tubbs. prominent in the initiation of the enter- 
I>rise, deserve this recognition at our hands. 

Having thus discharged the trust confided to us, we yield our jwsi- 
tion, with the conviction tliat the city of Manchester has worthily ful- 
filled a patriotic and sacred duty, in here marking, in appropriate 
form, her sentiments of gratitude to her citizen soldiers. And as 
generations succeed generations long in the dim future, as crown after 
crown is added to our country's glory, may this iiioiuuiieiital pile stand 
to add its tribute to the memory of heroic men. 

THE ADDUKSS OF HON. JOHN L. KELLV. 

Mr. President, Chairman and Gentlemen of the Building- Committee, 

and Fellow-Citizens. 

As mayor it becomes my duty, as well as pleasure, to receive, on 
behalf of the city of Manchester, this monument, which is to-day 
being dedicated to true patriotism. 

The legislature of this State, in response to a growing sentiment of 
the people tiiat the loyalty and valor of our citizen soldiers should be 
sculptured in enduralde form, so that the rising generation might lie 
constantly reminded of the heroism of their fathers, enacted a law by 
whicli "any city or town, at any legal meeting holden for that 



76 THE DEDICATION. 

purpose, may raise and appropriate so mucli money as they deem 
necessary, to be expended in procuring and erecting a monument to 
perpetuate the memory of such soldiers belonging thereto as may have 
sacrificed their lives in the service of their country." 

Fortified by this authority, the Hon. James A. Weston, mayor, 
Jan. 4, 1870, uttered the following patriotic sentiments in his inau- 
gural address, touching the erection of a soldiers' monument : — 

" Nearly five years have elapsed since the din of war and the bitterness which 
characterized those long years of blood and strife passed away. Our gallant sol- 
diers have returned to the paths of peace, while the great army of slain, having 
sealed their deeds with their lives, return not. Their bones lie mingled with the 
soil of every battle-field, and there they wiU remain forever. Yet we can point to 
no enduring monument erected by a grateful people, that shall transmit to posterity 
the devotion and sacrifice of our fellow-citizens who went forth to victory or death 
in defense of the Union and the Constitution." 

This was the first official word on the part of the city government, 
or any officers thereof, recognizing the claims of the soldiers for a 
monumental shaft. This word, fitly spoken, ripened into acts on the 
part of the city councils, so that, ere the close of the session, one 
thousand dollars was appropriated as a nucleus for a sum to be applied 
to the erection of the soldiei's' monument, which has been increasing 
by subsequent appropriations until, in July, 1878, it amounted to 
over eighteen thousand dollars. On May 1, 1877, a resolution was 
olifered in the board of mayor and aldermen, Ijy Capt. Levi L. Aldrich, 
calling for a committee of one alderman and two members of the 
common council, whose duty it should be to consider tlie erection of 
a soldiers' monument, estimating its probable cost, and recommending 
a location, and to report at a subsequent meeting. 

Tlie same was adopted in concurrence, and Alderman Aldrich and 
Councilmen Timotiiy W. Challis and William Gt. Hoyt were appointed 
the committee. 

This committee met June 5, and submitted to the city councils 
the following report : — 



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To the City CounciU of Manchester. 

Gentlemen, — The joint .si>eciiil cominittce to whom was referretl the resohi- 
tion in regard to a soldiers' monument, would resiiectfidly reoommend that a mon- 
ument be erected in honor of those who lost their lives in the late reljellion, anil 
that the same be erected on Tremont square ; the exjHjnse thereof not to exceed 
twenty thousand dollars. 

HosiM-etfiilly submitted. 

LEVI L. ALURICH, 
TIMOTHY \V. CIIALLI.S, 
WILLIAM G. HOYT, 
Joint Special Committee on Soldiers' Monument. 

This report was accepted in concurrence, with the exception of the 
location, which was referred baclt to the same committee. 

The joint standing committee on finance, to wliom was referred a 
subsequent re|)ort of the same committee, reported as follows, July 3, 

1877 : — 

To the City Councils of Manchester. 

Gentlemen, — The joint standing committee on finance, to whom was referred 
the matter of a soldiers' monument, having considered the same, do rcsi>ectfully 
report as follows : — 

That they, being favorably inclined to the erection of a soldiera' monument, 
recommend the city government, in making up their appropriations for the next 
fiscal year, to make such an appropriation for that purjwse, as, added to the present 
fund, shall not exceed twenty thousand dollars. And your committee further 
recommend a special committee of seven persons, consisting of the committee 
already appointed by the city government, and four citizens, — and we would 
respectfully suggest the names of Dr. (Elijah M. Tubbs, Ex-Gov. J.anies A. Weston, 
Patrick Fahey, and Capt. Joseph B. Clark, — l)e appointed by the city councils, said 
committee to receive designs and proi>osals, and rejHjrt to the city councils. 
Respectfully submitted. 

fJKOUGE W. RIDDLE, 
EDWIN KENNEDY, 
JAMES SULLIVAN, 
WALTER M. PARKER, 
IRA CROSS, 
Joint Standing Committee on Finance. 

Tlic report was adopted in concurrence. 



78 THE DEDICATION. 

At a sulisequeiit meeting of this enlarged committee, Capt. Joseph 
B. Clark was chosen clerk ; and the first report of said committee 
was made Nov. 20, 1877, and was as follows : — 

To the City Councils of Manchester. 

Gentlemen, — The committee appointed by your honorable body, as chai'ged 
with erecting a soldiers' monument, beg leave to report as to the progress made in 
the discharge of their duties to the present time. Agreeably to your instructions, 
they at once secured the services of Mr. George Keller, architect, who has pre- 
pared plans and specifications, preparatoi-y to placing the work under contract. 
Upon the receipt of these, the committee at once advertised for proposals, with a 
view of having the foundation put in the present season. This action renders it 
necessaiy that the question of location be determined without delay. 

On this question the committee has ascertained the sense of the members, and 
the result is as follows : Four members have voted in favor of locating it on 
Merrimack square, and three in favor of Tremont square. 

All of which is respectfully submitted. 

JOSEPH B. CLARK, 

Clerk of the Committee. 

In answer to the report of this committee, it was voted in concur- 
rence, Dec. 4, 1877 : That the soldiers' monument, about to be 
erected, be located on the northwest corner of Merrimack square. 

On March 19, 1878, in my inaugural, I recommended that the loca- 
tion of the monument be removed from the northwest corner to the 
center of Merrimack square. The recommendation was adopted, and 
the final location was established. 

At this ]ioint, it seems to me fitting, gentlemen of the building 
committee, that we should pause, if but for a moment, and pay a 
tribute of respect to the memory of one of your original members, 
the late lamented Dr. Elijah M. Tubbs. He was favorably known in 
this city and State as a courteous gentleman of superior mental 
endowments and great force of character, whose admiration of heroic 
deeds, and gratitude to the soldier, made him one of the earliest advo- 
cates for the erection of this monument. His love of the beautiful, 
in nature and art, was a ruling passion. With his rare artistic taste 



Till-: i>i:i>ir.\ri()N. 79 

anil ripe judgment, he assisted materially in tlie selection and adop- 
tion of the designs of this monument, wliieh arc acknowledged by all 
as possessed of rare merit. He is not here in person to assist in tiiesc 
dedicatory services ; yet he co-oi>erated with yon cheerfully, while 
living, in directing, arranging, and superintending this work. 

On Fel). 7, 1878, the sad dcatli of Dr. Tubl)s occurred, and his 
place on this committee was filled hy the appointment of Mr. Loring 
B. Bodwell; and on the retirement of Capt. Aldrich in Marcii, 1878, 
from tiie committee, by reason of the expiration of liis term of office 
as alderman, Mr. John W. Dickey, alderman of ward seven, was 
apjiointed iu his place; and the lion. James A. Weston was appointed 
chairman of the committee. 

As mayor, gentlemen, it gives me groat pleasure to lluink you, in 
behalf of the city councils, and the citizens generally, for the faithful 
discharge of the high trust confided to you. Twelve months have passed 
beyond the time fi.xed for its completion and dedication, yet I have 
your assurance that it has been faithfully executed in accordance with 
the original designs, and as such I gladly accept it at your hands in 
behalf of the people of this city, whose loyalty to the Union has been 
exemplified by the large ipiota of two thousand eight hundred and 
twenty-eight volunteers from our midst, in response to tiie various 
calls of the government for men, and in the large appropriation for 
the erection of this shaft in commemoration of the heroism of tho.se 
who fought, anil of those who fell, in defense of this republic, which 
|)ossesses the best government of all the nations. 

This monument will stand as an enduring evidence that the heroes 
of the war, whether living or dead, will not l)e forgotten. From 
tlieir lives and their deaths will be fomid lessons for their children 
and their children's children, which shall incite in the future to tlic 
IK'rformancc of heroic deeds in defense of the Union, should traitors 
again assail it. The lives of over five hundred i)rave men from this 
city were sacrificed in defense of this republic. The remains of many 
of (hem have l)een brought back to this city, and now rest peacefully 



80 THE DEDICATION. 

in lionored gi-aves ; others were left upon the battle-field, and their 
resting-places are to-day unknown : yet to the memory of all these is 
this monument erected and to-day being dedicated. Those who at 
the call of the government responded from this city were an average 
type of New England men ; they were, as a wliole, favorably situated 
as to business and occupation ; their habits were peaceful, with an 
intense love for the Union, which, being assailed, awakened a patriot- 
ism that was typical of that ancient patriotism which in '76 spoke 
a nation into existence. Prom our farms, our workshops, and our 
factories, — indeed, from all the pursuits, callings, and professions of 
life, sprung forth recruits in this hour of a nation's danger. They 
left " all the endearments of home, of kindred ties, and of cultivated 
society, to endure the hardship, the perils, and sufferings of war," 
many of them to sacrifice their lives, others their limbs, and yet others 
their health, in battling for an imperiled Union. 

The city of Manchester erects this shaft, not alone in honor of her 
heroic soldiers, living or dead, but also to fire the hearts of coming 
generations with burning zeal for the preservation of a nation once 
endangered, yet saved "by the patriotism, the valor, tlie honor, the 
love of country, and devotion to duty" which characterized the acts of 
their fathers in the war for the suppression of the rebellion. 

The inscription on the west face of this monument proclaims it to 
be " built by a grateful city in honor of the men of Manchester who 
gave their services in the war which preserved the union of these 
States and secured equal rights to all under the constitution." This 
inscription was selected not less for its simplicity of language tlian its 
directness of purpose, which was to honor alike tlie brave deeds of the 
living and the dead. 

" This beautiful structure is not needed for the di'ud:" the chief 
purpose of "this admonishing scul|)ture" is to teach tiie living, in all 
coming time, deep lessons of patriotism and loyalty, — to educate the. 
cluldren into a reverential love of country as deep and abiding as that 
awakened by the attack of rebels on Fort Sumter, which kindled the 



THE liEDICATIUN. 81 

fires of iKitriotisin into a uoiiMiiiiing lieiit ^^o that in four years it 
liurned out every vestige of oigaiiized rel)ellioii in the land. 

Tliis inscription will remain upon the face of this monument to 
proclaim the loyalty of the people of this city to free institutions, to 
liherty regulated liy law, as estahlislied by our revolutionary fathers 
in the cou.>ititutional government. 

In the language of the great exp<innder of the constitution, " This 
government is a government of checks and iialancca ; that is, the 
house of rejirescntatives is a check upon the senate, and the senate is 
a check upon the house, and the |>resident is a check upon hoth," — as 
aptly exemplified in the acts of the last congress, — each having sepa- 
rate and distinct powers, yet constituting one staitle government, 
which wicked and designing men attempted in 1S61 to destroy. 
Hence this sliaft pointing upward to the sun, and this gathering of the 
people, to commemorate the heroic virtues of our fathers and brothers 
and sons who fought and who fell in defense of constitutional liberty, 
— in defense of a const it uiioiial government established by the people, 
instead of one founded by the States, " with powers amide to execute 
itself and fulfill its duties," as exemplified in the ujirising of the 
North at the call of the lamented Fjincoln, and the suppression of the 
rel)ellion, with an acknowledgment of the supremacy of the constitu- 
tion and stability of the Union ; or, in otlier words, an acknowledg- 
ment of natiomil supremacy and state subordination. 

1 trust 1 shall not be accused of sentimentality, if, in this pniilic 
nuiuner, midst these sui louuilings and associations, 1 assert that 1 
look back to the years of my companionship with my comrades to the 
front, many of whom were not permitted to join the homeward 
march, with nioi-e pride and ph^asure than I look upon all else that 
has i)een personal to me in life. This I^assert, not as an inijiulse 
inspired by this impressive scene, l>ut as a matter of such deliberation 
as gathering years give to our jijdgmcnt. Let me also add, that I 
have been moved with deep feeling, as I have this day looked once 
more upon the manly forms of tho.se whose names are associated with 
every important battle-field of the rebellion. 
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82 THE DEDICATION. 

I cannot do better in closing than to quote the historic words of tlie 
thrice-lamented Lincoln in his second inangnral, of 18(35 : " With 
malice towards none and charity for all, with firmness in the right, 
as God gives us to see the right, let us strive on to finish the work we 
are in, — to bind up the nation's wounds, to care for him who shall 
have borne the battle, and for his widow and his orplians ; to do all 
that may achieve and cherish u just and lasting |ieace among ourselves 
and with all nations." 

The ceremonies of dedication were performed by tlie Grand Lodge 
of Masons of New Hampshire, Solon A. Carter, of ~ Keene, Grand 
Master, and were of a very solemn and impressive character. 

Grand Master. — From time immemorial it has been the custom 
of the Masonic fraternity, when requested so to do, to lay the corner- 
stone of public edifices, especially those designed for the worship of 
God, and to consecrate, with appropriate ceremonies, such structures 
as are of general public interest to the communities where the same 
are located. We have therefore accepted the invitation to dedicate 
this monument, and, in assuming the duty imposed upon us, we may 
show our respect to the municipality of Manchester, and our appre- 
ciation of the obligations we are under to the men whose memory we 
have assembled to honor. Among the first lessons taught by our 
ritual are dependence of the creature upon the Creator, and the duty 
of imploring His assistance in all our undertakings. In obedience to 
those instructions, let us join with our Gi'and Chaplain in invoking 
the blessing of God upon the exercises in which we are about to 



THE PRAYER BY GRAND CHAPLAIN REV. HENRY POWERS. 

thou infinite and inscrntaljle One, wliosc wisdom is so absolute 
and goodness so great that the universe is but a single and fleeting 
expression thereof, we seek to worship thee, not with words and 
forms alone, but with noble thoughts and pure desires and earnest 



THE DEDfCATlON. 83 

lives. Be pleased to liclp us, tliciefnio. by tliy s|iirit of truth and 
grace, to put away from our liearts now all mean conceptions and low 
animosities and unworthy sentiments of every sort, that they may be 
filled, instead, liy the most exalted patriotism, and the most un.selfish 
devotion to the good of all mankind. Except the Lord build the 
house, they labor in vain wlio luiild it. Havinir laid the foundation of 
this monument, in humble recognition of thy benefits, we beseech thee, 
Heavenly Father, to crown with thy richest blessings the finished 
work of our hands ; and grant that, defying all changes, it may stand 
througii the coming ages a lieautiful and eloquent witness of the tender 
love which a gratefid city cherishes for its heroic dead, and of the 
higii honor wiiich it is glad to bestow upon those who periled their 
lives in its service. Thanks be inito thee forcvcrmore, God, for the 
grand achievements thou didst enable these men and others like them 
to perform in the terrible days that are now over, in consequence of 
which we are to-day the most united and free, the most prosperous 
and happy peojilc upon tJio face of the earth : and that we may ever 
remain so wilt thou inspire in ns also, and in those that shall come 
after us, thou God of all the world, this same transcendent spirit of 
devotion, so that right shall lie to us always better than ease and peace, 
and honor better than riche.s, and a heroic death better than a life of 
self-indulgence. Thus shall we be doing what we can to bring in that 
promised time, when, thy kingdom having come, thy will shall lie 
done in earth as it is in heaven. Amen. 

Grand Master. — Hrothcr Deputy Grand Alastcr, what is the 
proper jewel of your ofticc ? 

Drpiitii Grand Maxlrr. — The Square. 

Qnind Master. — What does it teach ? 

Deputy Grand Master. — To square our actions by the square of 
virtue, and by it we prove our work. 

Grand Master. — Apply your jewel to this monument, and make 
rejwrt. 



84 THE DEDICATION. 

Deputy Grand Master. — Tlie work is square ; tlie craftsmen have 
done their duty. 

Grand Master. — Brother Senior (Jrand Warden, what is tlie jewel 
of your office ? 

Senior Grand Warden. — Tlie Level. 

Grand Master. — What does it teach ? 

Senior Grand Warden. — The equality of all men, and l)y it we 
prove our work. 

Grand Master. — Apply your jewel to this monument, and make 
report. 

Senior Grand Warden. — The work is level; the craftsmen have 
done their duty. 

Grand Master. — Ihothoi- Junioi' Grand Warden, what is the jewel 
of your office 't 

Junior Grand Warden. — The Plumb. 

Grand Master. — What does it teach ? 

Junior Grand Warden. — To walk uprightly before Ood and man, 
and by it we prove our work. 

Grand Master. — Ap])ly your jewel to this monument, and make 
report. 

Junior Grand Warden. — The work is ])lunib : the craftsmen have 
done their duty. 

The Grand Master, striking the monument three times with the 
gavel, said, — 

Well made, well proved, true and trusty. This undertaking lias 
been conducted and completed by the craftsmen according to the 
grand plan, in peace, harmony, and brotherly love. 

The Deputy Grand Master received from the Grand Marshal the 
vessel of corn, and, pouring the corn, said, — 

May the health of the community which has executed this under- 
taking be preserved, and may the Supreme Grand Architect bless and 
prosper its labors. 



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Tlie Grand Marshal presented tlie eiip of wine to the Senior Grand 
Warden, who poured the wine, saying, — 

May plenty be vouchsafed to the people of this ancient city, and 
may the blessing of tlie Bounteous Giver of ail tilings attend all its 
philanthropic and patriotic undertakings. 

Tiie Grand Marshal presented the cup of oil to the Junior (irand 
Warden, who poured the oil, saying, — 

May the Supreme Rider of the world preserve this people in peace, 
and grant to them the enjoyment of every blessing. 

ADDRV»S OF THE (IKAND MASTKR. 

Tlu' Ancient and Ilonoralde Fraternity of Free and Accepted 
Masons, in response to tlie courteous invitation of your committee, 
have, in your presence, consecrated this monument to the purposes for 
which it was designeil hy its founders and builders. 

It is a noble structure, and fitly commemorates tlie services and 
sacrifices of the brave men in whose honor it is erected, and so long 
as it shall stand it will bear testimony to the appreciation of those 
services, and the patriotism of the citizens through whose munificence 
it has been built. 

The Masonic fraternity of Xcw Hampshire, who.-c humlilc represent- 
ative I am, and for whom I s|)eak, desire to express their appreciation 
of the higli privilege of joining with the citizens of your beautiful 
city, and the various civic and other organizations here represented, 
in these exerci.ses, and performing the dedicatory service in accordance 
with tiie ancient forms and usages handed down to us liy our prede- 
cessors from a remote period. 

Ours is not an organization which delights in war and its attendant 
evils, or takes pleasure in per])etuatiiig the memory of mere struggles 
for place and [wwer. 

Our mission is rather one of peace ; and we endeavor to inculcate 
the duties of brotherly love, of relieving the distressed, and the 



86 THE DEDICATION. 

practice of the Christian virtues. With tliese and similar lessons, 
Masonry teaches the duties of the citizen to his countiy. 

It regards as a crime any conspiracy or plotting against govern- 
ment, and urges a patient submission to the decisions of the supreme 
legislature ; it enjoins its votaries to be " exemplary in the discharge 
of their civil duties, by never proposing or countenancing any act 
which may have a tendency to subvert the peace and good order of 
society, by paying due obedience to the laws under whose protection 
we live, and by never losing sight of the allegiance due to our 
country." 

We reflect with satisfaction and a pardonable degree of pride that 
Washington and Franklin and a long line of heroes and patriots in 
the early history of our country, and a still greater number in our 
late civil war, were moved in a great measure, as we believe, by 
the lessons inculcated in tlie lodge, to illustrate in their lives their 
devotion to their country, to liberty, and the cause of a republican 
government. 

I do not wish to do violence to the proprieties of this occasion and 
in the presence of so many active participants in the events of the 
lafe war, the results of which we thi^s day commemorate, to assume 
undue credit for the part taken by the Masonic fraternity, and now 
that the duty assigned us in our distinctive capacity as Masons is com- 
pleted, let us, for the time being, drop our claim to recognition as 
Masons, and adopt the broader title of citizens of the commonwealth, 
and join heartily with all other citizens of whatever rank, grade, or 
condition in a fitting observance of the day. 

Many of you, who are here assembled, mourn the loss of a kind 
husband, a dutiful son, or loving brother. We can sympathize with 
all who mourn the loss of friends, for, while we may not claim the tie 
of kindred with those whose memory you honor and cherish, many of 
us may and do claim the hardly less endearing ties of comradeship, 
which are sure to exist among those who have shared together the 
fatigues of the march, the labors and pleasures of the camp, and the 
perils of the field. 



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'• To us is tlie weeping, wliile theirs is the glory, 
From danger anil duty they ne'er turned aside ; 
Heroic their deeds and immortal their story, 
They fought for their coiuitry, and conquering died. 

No longer Uiey list to the tramp of the legions 
That steadily marcheil to the field of the dead, 

From East and from West, and from far distant regions. 
Resistless iu numbers and firm in their tread. 

No angel of death, o'er the battle-field landing, 

With skeleton finger is pointing his prey ; 
Our (lod heard tlie prayers of a nation ascending, 

And turned our dark midnight of horror to day. 

O God of our fathers I the God of our nation ! 

Their faith was unwavering, their tnist was in thee; 
Thou gav'st them the victory, — to our land gave salvation. 

And smiled once again on the home of the free. 

Yes, honor and glory for them are eternal, 
• The nation they ransoived their memorj- will keep ; 

Fame's flowers immortal will bloom ever vernal 
O'er the graves where our heroes in glory now sleep." 

From the dawn of civilization down to the present time, nianl;ind 
has ever l>cen prompt to accord the full meed of praise and gratitude 
to noble and self-sacrilicing devotion to duty, es|)ccially when these 
(jualitics have ijeen called forth in defense of countiy and the iniiHJr- 
ilcd liiierties of the people. 

It is fitting, then, that the inhabitants of Manchester .should com- 
memorate the acts of her citizens which have exemplified these 
qualities in the highest degree [(ossible, even the sacrifice of life itself 
iu the service of the commonwealth. 

Col. John Ilay, the soldier-jwet, has given us, in a little |)oem 
entitled the " Advance Guard," an interpretation of the regard in 
which the ancients held their dead slain in battle, and has appropri- 



88 THE DEDICATION. 

ated the myth and applied it to those whose loss we moui-ii. 1 give it 
you, with slight modifications to suit the time and place : — 

" In the dream of the northern poets, 

The brave, who in battle die. 
Fight on in shadowy phalanx 

In the field of the upper sky. 
And, as we read the sounding rhyme, 

The reverent fancy hears 
The ghostly ring of the viewless swords 

And the clash of the spectral spears. 

We think, with imperious questionings, 

Of the brothers we have lost; 
And we strive to track in death's mystery 

The flight of each valiant ghost. 
The northern myth comes back to lis. 

And we feel through our sorrow's night, 
That those brave souls are struggling still. 

Somewhere, for the truth and right. 

m 

Again they come; again I hear 

The tread of that goodly band, 
And I know the flash of Shattuck's eye, 

And the grasp of his hard, warm hand; 
And Langley and Hubbard of lion heart. 

With an eye like a northern girl's; 
And I see the light of heaven that shone 

On Louis Bell's fair curls. 

A «hoseii corps, — they are marching on, 

In a brighter sphere than. ours; 
Those bright battalions still fulfill 

Tlie scheme of the heavenly powers. 
And high, brave thoughts float down to us. 

The echoes of that far fight. 
Like the flash of tlie distant picket's gun, 

Through the shades of severing night. 



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No fears for tlioin ; in our lower sphere 

I>et us toil with arms unstuiiieil. 
That we may l>e worthy to stand with them 

(^)u the .siiining lieights they've gained. 
We shall meet and greet in closing ranks, 

In time's declining sun, 
When the bugles of God shall sound recall, 

And the battle of life be won." 

Municipalities and iinliviiliiais may erect the mariile shaft, the 
granite column, or the Inonze statue, in testimony of their ai)i)recia- 
tion of such self-saerilii-ing devotion : let us rememljer that these 
testimonials are perishable, — that the marble and the granite may 
molder and decay, the beautiful statue become a shapeless mass, but 
that the lasting testimonial is the tribute of love, of gratitude, and of 
affectionate regard, erected in every loyal heart to the memory of the 
good and true, whicii .shall endure when these shall disappear, which 
shall grow brighter and brighter as ages roll on, and whicli shall still 
be fresh and new when time shall be no more. 

The Grand Chaplain pronounced the following invocation : — 
May corn, wine, and oil, and all the necessaries of life abound 
among men throughout the world ; and may this structure long remain 
in the beauty and strength of the brotherly love for the departed, to 
whose memory it has now been consecrated. 

Grand Master. — Orand Marshal, you will make ]>roolaraatiou that 
this monument has been duly cojisccrated in accordance with ancient 
form and usage. 

Grand Mars/in/. — In tiie name of the Most Worsliijiful Grand 
Lodge of the State of New Hampshire, I now proclaim that the mon- 
ument here erected l)y the city of Manchester has this day been found 
square, level, and plumb, true and trusty, and consecrated according 
to the ancient forms of Masons. 

This proclamation is made from the East, the We--^?, the South, — 
Once (trumpet), Twice (trumpet twice), Thbice (trumpet thrice). 
All interested will take due notice thereof. 



90 THE DEDICATION. 

POEM WRITTEN FOR THE OCCASION BY MRS. B. F. DAME. 

Wander back, O tide of memory, 

To that unforgotten year, 
When throughout our mighty countiy 

Passed a sudden thrill of fear; 
For the threatened blow had fallen, 

And a nation bowed its head, 
While the war-cloud, darker growing. 

Filled our waiting hearts with dread. 

For we knew that fierce and deadly 

Must the bitter struggle be; 
That 'twould fill our land with sadness 

From the prairies to the sea. 
Sturdy North and fiery South land! 

Swaying pine and sunny palm ! 
Brothers, — each against the other 

Stretching forth the strong right arm ! 

Those were days of wild excitement 

That the startled j)eople saw; 
Eager groups, expectant, waited 

For each message from the war; 
While the bells in town and hamlet. 

Pealing forth the first war-chimes, 
Loudly clanged from tower and belfry. 

In those anxious, troubled times. 

How the loyal hearts responded 

To the call for volunteers I 
From the farm-house and the city. 

Throwing to the winds their fears. 
Came that patriot band heroic, — 

Stalwart men and youths so brave, — 
Marching forth to find, if need be, 

Prison-pen or nameless grave. 

Up among our hills and valleys 
Came the summons far and wide, 



THE DEDICATION. 91 

To oiir own fair inland city, 

By the Merrimack's flowing tide. 
Did she leave the call unheeded? 

Turn her back upon the fight? 
Was old Derrjrfield a laggard 

In the cause of truth and right? 

See upon our streets the veterans, 

Once so strong to do and dare, 
Crippled forms and pallid faces, — 

We can find our answer there! 
We can find it in yon valley. 

Where, in many a grassy bed. 
Sleep the brave whose names are written 

On the roll-call of the dead. 

There's no need to tell the story 

Tliat we've known so long and well ' 
But our blood will pulse yet quicker. 

And our loyal hearts will swell, 
Half with pride, and half with sadness, 

At the memory of that day 
When our fond farewells were spoken, 

And our soldiers marched away. 

In his grave beside the river 

Slept our own beloved Stark ; 
And it seemed as if the war-cry, 

Piercing to his grave so dark, 
Alight arouse the grand old hero, 

Lying there so still and calm, 
So he'd wake, and don his armor. 

At the shrill notes of alarm I 

But he stirred not from his slumber, — 

Though his blessing seemed to rest. 
Like a calm, inspiring presence, 

III each gallant soldier's breast. 



92 THE DEDICATION. 

As they marched away to battle, 
With a purpose stern and high 

Stamped upon the earnest featiires, 
Mirrored from the glancing eye. 

Proudly did we scan the record 

Of their bravery day by day; 
Sadly did we hear the tidings, 

Wafted often from the fray, 
That another cherished hero, 

In the battle stricken down, 
Waiting not for earthly laurels, 

Had received a martyr's crown. 

Manfully they fought and bravely, — 

Boys of ours who wore the blue, — 
Though their hearts were in the Northland, 

Where the clear, cool breezes blew. 
In their dreams they saw loved faces. 

True and tender as of yore, 
And the old, familiar places, 

They might look on nevermore ; 

Saw the pines and chestnuts waving 

On the old New Hampshire hills, 
And the scarlet cardinal flowers 

Growing down beside the rills; 
Saw the grim old Uncanoonucs, 

Rising upward in their pride, — 
Nearer still, the well-known river. 

Sweeping onward, deep and wide. 

So the months and years sped onward. 
Till at last a message came 

Flying o'er the mystic wires. 
Welcome to all hearts the same ; 

For it said, " The war is over I " 
' And there rose from shore to shore 



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One united strain exultant, 
" War is ended I Peace once more I " 

Years have passed ; they're not forgotten, • 

They who sleep in Southern graven, 
They who on the sea fought nobly, 

Lying now beneath the waves; 
Nor the dea<l whose graves are scattered 

Through the North, — an unseen band, 
Mighty in the silent influence 

Ceaseless shed throughout the land. 

Every spring-time sees our offerings 

Gently laid upon their bed ; 
But to-day another tribute 

Bring we to our honored dead. 
Yonder stjitely shaft of granite! 

May it. like our hills of rock, 
Proudly rear its crest for ages, 

Wavering not at storm nor shock! 

For it stands, a just memorial 

Of our heroes, true in death 
To the flag they loved and honored 

Even with their la-st-di-awn breath! 
From its bloody, dread' baptism. 

It has risen once again. 
Though 'twas shielded with the life-blood 

Of three hundred thousand men I 

Let it wave, — the old, oM banner! 

'Twas our fathers' — be it ours I 
When it ripples in the sunlight. 

Or the storm-clo\id o'er it lowers. 
Firm, united, let us guard it, 

Given as a .solemn trust 
By the hands once strong and active 

For their countrj- — now but dust! 



94 THE DEDICA TION. 

THE ORATION OF HON. J. W. PATTERSON. 

The utterances of patriotism are the language of the heart, and 
therefore imperishable and universal. The sentiment of the great 
lyric poet, which you have raised in letters of granite upon this 
column of expressive design and faultless beauty, will outlast the 
quarried rock on which it is chiseled, and it stirs a pathos as deep and 
breathes an euthusiasm as lofty, here and now, as when the dulce et 
decorum est pro palria mori, first thrilled the Roman of the age of 
Augustus. Could the silent lips of the heroic dead voice the untold 
import of the great events we strive to commemorate with faltering 
words, we might hear from out the sphere of clearer vision where 
they rest, " It is sweet and glorious to die for one's country." Such 
truths become more touching and imi)ressive with the lapse of years, 
and make us kindred with the past. To-day we tread with trembling 
feet the old ways of immortality, in which the fathers walked from 
the childhood of the world. 

The devotion of the ancients found its highest expression in honor- 
ing the dead who had fallen in battle for their country. It was an 
instinct of greatness, and all manly nations have followed the pious 
example. Memorials erected to the victims of war are to be found in 
all the lands from whence we sprung. Impelled by this common 
sentiment of civic gratitude, the population of this industrial city, 
and the patriotic from the hills and valleys of the whole State, have 
rested from their accustomed labors and come hither with the chief 
magistrate and his official associates and the honored guests of the 
city to dedicate this finished and substantial work, as an enduring 
recognition to succeeding generations of the loyalty and heroism of 
the fallen, and of the living who may hereafter rest among the monu- 
mental dead of our civil war. 

The place and time are auspicious. In old Derryfield, the home and 
resting-place of Stark, wiiere, in the great conflict for independence, 
every inhabitant "who had a right to sign the association test" 
pledged himself, " at the risk of life and fortune, with arms, to oppose 



THE DEDICATION. 95 

the hostile in'oceedings of Britisli fleets ami anuics," and where all 
but twenty of those fit to bear arms were in the serviec as early as 
1775, we lift this commemorative shaft, surmounted by the image of 
Victory, tliat, Minerva-like, sprung all armed from tlie liead of the 
artist ; we consecrate these symbolic statues, the simulacria of the 
great military forces of the State, to those who in the conflict for 
preservation died for the nation. 

" In honor of the men of Manchester who gave their services in the 
war which preserved the union of the States and secured equal rights 
to all nnder the constitution, this monument is built liy a grateful 
city." 

This is the brief and touching inscription which you have graven on 
this tablet of brass, to lie read and ])ondered by those who shall 
succeed to these busy haunts of industry. It is an imjiressive and 
fitting expression of the pul)lic a|)preciation of the" services of our 
martyred children. IJut how grander and more enduring than any 
record of suliiuiiary glory, is tlio moiiument to their fame wliich 
their own hands have buildcd. Wiien this column, with its tablet, 
and these soldiers of bronze, shall have cruml)led to dust upon this 
historic spot, their memorabilia will still In- cherished among the 
sacred records of mankind. 

I seem to hear each say, from out the peopled ether, — 

" Exegi monumentum aere perennius, 
Regalique .situ pyramidum altius." 

The covenant of liberty made by the fathers of the town, in their 
early baptism of fire, was redeemed by her sons, whose deeds we have 
met to recall and honor. 

Of the thirty thousand men of New Hampshire who entered the 
army during the civil war, two thousand eight hundred and twenty- 
eight, more than one-tenth of the whole, were furnished by the city of 
Manchester. Tlie State gave very nearly one-tenth, or nine per cent, 
of her entire population to the service, but this fair city, luminous as 



96 THE DEDICA TION. 

a beaded pearl upon the Merrimack, whose citizens are the daily 
creators of wealth at loom, anvil, and counter, showed its allegiance 
by giving nearly one-seventh, or fourteen per cent, of the strongest of 
her sons of toil, to the defense of the government. Of this number 
some four hundred, or fourteen per cent, sleep where they fell, or 
returned, upon the shields of war, to be buried by the proud but 
stricken mothers that sent them forth. These men were distributed 
through the eighteen regiments of infantry, the three companies of 
sharpshooters, the regiment of cavalry, the regiment of heavy artillery, 
and the battery of light artillery, which constituted our quota of the 
army. 

Time and the occasion forbid that we should trace the bloody details 
of the conflict, as they transpired upon the theatre of active warfare ; 
but whatever of hardship was anywhere endured, whatever of sickness 
experienced, whatever of danger encountered, your sons and brothers 
shared in full measure, and endured with a passive fortitude worthy 
of the hardy State that reared tliem. Wherever the fires of desolation 
burned fiercest, wherever the line of battle was bloodiest, there they 
were seen, moving with a strong and steadfast courage. When duty 
called, they plunged into the very jaws of death, with a sublime spirit 
of self-sacrifice that would have honored tiie reckless courage of a 
Bayard or a Richard of the lion heart. 

In such a charge the brave and accomplished Bell, tlie idol of the 
Fourth, fell in the arms of victory. 

No State left a costlier tribute of her sons in the trenches of battle 
at Fair Oaks and Spottsylvania, than our own. Tiie red footsteps 
of the men of New Hampshire were pressed upon the hottest of the 
burning marl, through that long day of battle at Fredericksburg. 
They hurled themselves upon the bridge at Antietam like a thunder- 
bolt, rivaling the charge at Lodi, and over the bodies of their fallen 
comrades, passed the stream that ran red with their blood in the face 
of the foe. In the very center of the storm that raged for two days 
over that broken plain, your soldiers fought with the bravest of sister 



THE DED/CAT/O.y. 97 

States. Ill tlio hpatctl fiiniacc at Vicksliiir<r, tliey crept day l)y day 
nearer its central fin-.s, till its strong defenses crumlded and fell. 
That little knot of the New Hampshire Seventh, too, wedged into an 
angle at Fort Wagner, and struggling against the fiendish fury of the 
enemy, till Putnam, the pure and gallant, fell dead at their feet, seem 
transfigured to our thought. Tell me, where, in the annals of the 
past, a suhlimer record of self-sacrifice than that can be found ? In 
the triple battle of Gettysburg, — the Waterloo of the war, — the work 
of death was more terribly done iiy none than by the men of the 
Granite State. The stained and tattered banners borne in gratitude 
from that glorious field, are among the proudest trophies of our little 
State, and tell with touching ebxpicnce the story of their deeds. In 
the fields of the West, and through the gauntlet of the wilderness, 
their ensign never struck iu the front of battle. •• The mystic cords 
of memory from every battle-field and patriot grave " stretch to all our 
hearts and hearthstones. 

The relative importance of our late war is not yet realized. As 
the real greatness of the creators of thought is only appreciated 
when the l)nsy, babiiling throng of contemporaries has dropped into 
obscurity, so the true graiuleur of passing histoiic pvents is not seen 
till the noise and oli^t ruction of the fattitiims and perishable are 
forgotten. 

We are forttnuite in the time of this impnvsivc service. Half the 
jieriod allotted to a generation has passed since the close of the civil 
war. Its forts and trenches have been obliterated, harvests wave on 
its battle-fields, and the grass is green above the ashes of its victims. 
The belligerent States have returned to their allegiance, the preju- 
dices and passions kindled liy the strife have been laid, and we now 
contemplate, with serene and undistempered vision, the causes and 
the nature of the sanguinary conflict. We do not forget its burdens, 
but we remember it« compensations. it laid heavy taxes upon 
Northern industries, but it placed Southern labor u^Ktu a basis of 
freedom. We cannot divest our hearts of their bitter desolations or 
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98 THE DEDICATION. 

restore to our stricken liomes their '' loved and lost," but, as of old, 
•our strongest and best were the price of national existence, and we 
cherish no lingerings of liate or latent desire of revenge. It would 
be unwise and unmanly, for the sake of a harmony inconsistent with 
the principles of government on wliich the war was waged, to ignore 
the pregnant fact, that it was a baffled effort to destroy the republic 
for the maintenance of a material sectional interest on the false and 
fatal plea of State sovereignty. We may not deny, that, in its early 
history and under great provocations, the political ecclesia of New 
England even, in local and transient expressions, marred its contro- 
versial record by this pestilent heresy ; but it was long since and 
universally repudiated from our Northern political creeds, and 
denounced as discordant and false to the spirit and letter of the 
constitution. Wherever that teaching is perpetuated and made fun- 
damental, it must corrupt the patriotism and debauch the moral sense 
of the people. The supremacy of the federal government, within 
the limitations of tlie fundamental law, is the only secure and stable 
foundation of the Union, and it must be maintained without compro- 
mise in peace as in war. 

To concede away the justice of our cause, or to lower the con- 
ditions of loyalty in our public utterances anywhere, would be a 
criminal surrender of the fruits of victory; would be a dishonor to 
the great builders of the State, and to the dead whom we would 
perpetuate by enduring monuments, and render us worthy of the 
scorn of the brave but vanquished confederates whom we would 
welcome back to their ancient allegiance and to a ]ieaceful rivalry 
for the development and glory of our common country. Its founders, 
its history, its power, and its renown belong to one people, and must 
be indivisible forevermore. 

The restoration of slavery to any part of our blood-stained domain, 
is as impossible as to unfix the dcciees of fate. That horrible 
shadow is marrowless and cold, but the never-resting sea of meta- 
physical speculation is in perpetual ebb and flow, and a false 



THE UKDICATION. • 99 

interpretation of llie orpmiu law may ivtiiiii l<j plague iis. Should 
the hold and astute leaders of sectionalism lix in the popular helief, 
to any large extent, the theory that the constitutiim estahlished a 
confederation and not a government over this country of extended 
latitudes and longitudes, of diversified industries, of varied haliits 
and complex nationalities, no great lapse of civic life could occur 
before slumbering prejudices would revive, or sectional interests and 
race animosities emerge from the possibilities of the future, which 
would plunge us or our children once more into the fiery vortex 
of civil war, and, possibly, shatter this magnificent republic into 
a multitude of contemptible but belligerent political asteroids, too 
feeble for any useful pur|u)se of an ol-ganized state. 

From the foot of this monument, reared to the memory of the 
unseen who died for the Union and its sovereignty, and whose voice- 
less presence may halluw this day's grateful service, we can throw no 
sop of Lethean words to the Cerberus of reliellion. We hold forth 
the olive lirancb and plead for reconciliation. Our hearts are open, 
and all that honorable men, compierors in a just cause, may do for 
a cordial restoration of mutual confidence and att'cction, we will do. 
But it would 1)0 unmanly and unsafe to yield one jot or tittle of the 
principles involved in the great contention. No honorable man 
would ask or respect the concession of rights and prerogatives for 
which we have paid so dearly in blood and treasure. 

The national power cannot trespass ui)on the reserved rights of 
States for the correction of local wrongs, but the constitution guaian- 
tees that no State " shall abridge the privileges or immunities of 
citizens of the United States, nor deny to any person within its 
jurisdiclion tlir et/iKil protection of the laws.'' If the government 
cannot fulfill these guarantees, it has lost the results of victory and 
become an aristocracy ; if it can but does not, it is unworthy of the 
support of a free peojile, for it iiarters, iin|totently or corruptly, 
public liberty for social peace. 

The sovereignty of the national government through the whole 



100 THE DEDICA TION. 

sphere of its jurisdiction, must henceforth be the unquestioned 
public law. An attempt to subvert and subordinate that sovereignty 
to the supremacy of the States, in the interest of slavery, was the 
casus belli, and tlie living representatives of the loyal cause, of 
whatever party, who would make a pusillanimous surrender to the 
vanquished of this supreme and central prerogative, — 

" Vilely barter 

Honor's wealth for party's place ; 
Step by step ou Freedom's charter 

Leaving footprints of disgrace ; 
For to-day's poor pittance turning 

From the great hope of their race." 

We are not at liberty, in this hour of self-consecration, to substitute 
soft and senseless generalities for a frank and manly enunciation of 
the principles which justify the war and give to those who fell an 
immortality that shall outlast the sculptured granite which we dedi- 
cate to tiieir fame. We consecrate this work of genius to the 
perpetual rememljrance of the heroic dead ; but the heroic dead, 
through this, consecrate us to a perpetual defense of the principles 
for which they fell. The battle of nationality has been fought and 
won in the field of debate and the arena of war. With incalculable 
treasure and precious blood, we have purchased exemption from peril 
in that quarter, and the loyal of all parties, in their primal relations 
as citizens, should demand in a voice of resistless autliority, that the 
" murdered coalition " shall not bencefortii stalk into our halls of 
legislation and arrogantly shake the " gory locks " of tliis dead issue 
in the face of our magnanimity. 

The sons of the South arc a noble stock. We respect the honesty 
of their convictions and lionor the virility with which they defended 
them. We Iiave nothing of the temjier tluit triumphs over a fallen 
brother or perpetuates the humiliation of defeat ; but rather tiiat 
catholic spirit, which concedes the rights and desires the welfare of 
each member of our family of States. We will insist upon the 



THE DEDICATION. 101 

exercise of no doubtful prerogatives of powi-r, wliicli miglit exasperate 
the sensitive pride of conquered [wers. We would seeii tlie cordial 
and conciliatory intercourse of Ivindred, and would let tlie " dead past 
bury its dead." "We will follow' after the things wliirli luiiive for 
peace, and things wherewith one may edify anotlier," but we insist 
that all parts of the public domain sluill l;e protected from violence, 
and all rights of citizenship maintained l>y a firm and impartial 
administration of law. This is the spirit of our liistory, and tiie 
sentiment of this day's service. 

To realize the full significance of tliis occasion, we must appreiiend 
clearly who they were, and wliat tliey did, whose record we wotdd 
here lift to [wrpetual emulation. This vast assembly of the people, 
and of the soldiery of tlie State, liave not gathered to this solemn 
act of consecration to dedicate this votive column and thcs^e silent 
figures to any single exemplification of extraordinary virtues or 
deeds. 

Wo would hand down to the grateful remembrance of posterity our 
citizen dead, wlio fell in tlie discharge of their supreme duty to the 
State. In Europe, public grounds and public buildings are peopled 
with statues of men who have illustrated the art, the literature, the 
power, and tiie statesmanship of their country. The eloquent 
memorials of England's eminent dead stand l)enoiit]i tlie pillared 
arches of the old abliey at Westminster. The asiies of the iron Duke 
and of the great Nelson repose in the crypt of St. Paul, and the 
sunlight falls upon the tomb of Raphael through the floating dome 
of the rantheon. 

Sometimes tlie world repudiates its obligations to its living teachers, 
but, with such splendid paraphernalia of sorrow, it pays its dclit to its 
dead masters. But here, beneath this older and loftier dome of the* 
heavens, we rear a simpler and more fitting monument to the gallant 
sons of the people, who rest from their laiiors in shallow battle- 
trenches or bencatli the blood-dyed waters of the sea. This impressive 
conception of the genius of loyalty, so exquisitely realized by the hand 



102 THE DEDICATION. 

of art, must henceforth be a teacher and an inspiration of popular 
patriotism. The imposing structure, commemorative of the invincible 
fortitude and sublime devotion of a i)coi>le who willed that their flag 
should be the emblem of a free, united, and sovereign government, 
will henceforth be more precious and inspiring than the mausoleum 
of Taj Mahal, or the temple-tomb " on the banks of the Seine." 

The soldiers of our civil war represented the capacity, skill, and 
moral courage of an intelligent people, — not the blind, unconscious 
mechanism of ignorant masses, trained to the support of arbitrary 
power. They submitted to the discipline of war with a clear appre- 
hension of its significance and terrible reality. Theirs was a voluntary 
sacrifice for the maintenance, in its entirety, of a system of society, 
labor, and government, having its origin, support, and end in the 
people. The men whom we honor would never have accepted the 
gage of battle for plunder or dominion ; never to support the claims 
of a family, or to elevate a chieftain to imperial honors. They fought 
for the dynasty of the people. The conflict was inspired solely by the 
love of liberty and of country. All prejudices and passions were 
consumed in the intenser heat of popular patriotism. The loyal, of 
all creeds, stood side by side, and fell together, for the integrity and 
glory of the republic. 

We dedicate this monument, therefore, to the triumph of popular 
power in the defense of the rigiits of man. It is the spirit of this 
sentiment, descending through the century from Lexington and 
Bunker Hill, that imparts to this work an inspiration above the 
ordinary testimonia of war, and will make this day memorable in the 
proud annals of the State. 

The events which we recall speak not simply of political rights, as 
laid down in our primal declaration, but of the political capacity of 
men, and the philosophy of all history is in harmony with the lesson 
here taught. The prophetic utterances of genius are not as wise and 
safe as the average judgment of an educated Christian people. Those 
may ojien to our vision glimpses of marvelous possibilities, but these 



THE DEDICATION. 103 

direct and coin|)el tlie conservative niarcli of civil liistory. Science 
eliminates uncertainty from a wide range of probabilities, imposing an 
exact ratio upon accidents and deaths even : so the individual opinions 
and desires of an intelligent community reduce to a body of public 
sentiment, fluctuating with intellectual and moral culture, which is 
the controlling force of modern society. This enlightened pul)lic 
judgment, rather than the desires and opinions of leaders, is becoming 
more and more the i>aramount influence in public affairs. In peaceful 
times the astute may measurably direct this potentiality by cunning 
devices, i)ut it controls the larger and permanent movements of 
society, and, in great crises, sunders its puny restraints and works its 
will. Those material interests and experiences, those popular senti- 
ments and passions, which lie below the plane of special remark, or 
are so universal as to attract but little observation, if traced downward 
to their results, will be found to give tendency and character to 
national history. We i)oast of arts and policies which we fondly 
believe mold the pulilic will, liut it is a delusion. In the final 
analysis, it is the pulilic will which shapes our plans and schemes, 
and it is he who lays his hand upon those springs of activity that lie 
back in the obscurities of society, who makes an abiding impress upon 
the civilization of his time. It is not the adroit or the roaring 
jiolitician, but the man who awakens and directs the intellectual and 
business activities of a nation, who is the architect of its fortune. 
This social fact linds illustration in the plienomena of nature. 

We think less of the supreme and constant force of gravity which 
sustains the marvelous functions and order of the universe, than of 
the exceptional tempest that scatters a fleet, or of the flaming meteor 
which dazzles for a moment and is gone forever. 80 in civil life, we 
are inconsiderate or unconscious of the master forces that gather 
silently and work unseen in the public mind, till, in the great crisis of 
national exjKsrience, they assert their power and sweep away our 
cherished theories and fancied defenses. 

Whenever the foreign or domestic jwlicy of England stagnates her 



104 THE DEDICATION. 

commerce or manufactures, the clamor of parties is silenced by the 
voice of the nation demanding reform, and a ministry is swept away 
like thistle-down in the blasts of autumn. For thi-ee-quarters of a 
century our statesmen agitated society with questions of prerogative, 
antagonized local institutions, pandered to the prejudices of race, and 
invoked to their aid tlie passions of politics ; but, beneath it all, there 
was a steady, consistent growth of popular patriotism, which insured 
the permanent unity of the republic, and the ultimate haruiony of its 
social and industrial institutions. The public treasury was exhausted 
to increase, by purchase or conquest, the area of slaveiy ; but free- 
labor, by its intrinsic force, advanced its numbers and its resources 
upon the slave-power, till its triumph was assured. Those ultimate 
truths and those interests of labor which are the basis of human 
rights, are an overmatch for the skill of the masters of state-craft, 
and determine the increase of wealth, population, enterprise, and the 
other forces which prevail in the antagonisms of the state. 

Our late war was elemental in its character. It was a conflict 
between an earlier and a later civilization ; between the right of a 
democracy and the right of an aristocracy to govern, under the con- 
stitution. The people conquered, and we enroll the names of the rank 
and file upon our votive tablets, for immortality, in recognition of 
their achievements, and in the faith that their work will stand. The 
representatives and organs of power and opinion may become feeble, 
pusillanimous, and time-serving, but the vigilance and courage of the 
nation, wliich established in war. will maintain in peace, the rights of 
all against the arts and the audacity of a class. We must not allow 
an unmanly solicitude of the future to emasculate our accustomed 
vigor and enterprise. " The brains are out" of the old issues, if they 
are not dead, and we should not suffer their unquiet ghosts to '' push 
us from our stools." Slavery and State sovereignty have been 
relegated to the realm of the " lost arts," and there they must rest, 
however unwillingly, without hope of resurrection. The living and 
prospective interests of North and South, East and West, are in 
harmony. 



THE DKniCATION. -J 05 

WluMi tlie pride of exploded opinions and tlie old war-cries of party 
sliall have l)cen silenced in the irrave of the antc-l>cllnni politicians, 
tiic new generation will recognize and maintain tliat sovereignty of 
tlie Union which is essential to the development and defense of the 
highest welfare of all sections. The foreshadowed destiny of the 
nation can only he imperiled iiy the loss of popular intclliu-cnco and 
morality. 

Nations have prescrihed paths along which they arc impelled t)y 
unseen hnt resistless forces. Political perturi)ations will threaten and 
disturi), hut cannot arrest or throw them from their orbits. There 
will ho angry declamation and heated party conflicts ; legislative 
assemblies will sni)ordinate great interests of state to political 
machinations, in the effort to forestall popular action liy artificial 
issues and embittered local antagonisms ; jiacked conventions will 
frame the differentia of party into extravagant and lying platforms, 
wliicli magnify trifles into themes of national and jiermancnt import- 
ance ; the scandals, jealousies, and quarrels of statesmen, destined to 
an early oblivion, will l)e made to figure in current literature : the 
jiress will fatten and fester with frauds and failures, crimes and 
misfortunes : but all these, and countless other things that have 
present paramount importance, cannot baflle, cannot seriously divert, 
the underflowing historic drift of national affairs. We may Ihj so 
absorlicd by the activities and illusions in which we participate, as to 
be as uncon.scious of this larger movement as of our planetary motions; 
but the moral instincts and social interests of society are, under God, 
stronger than the tricks and flaws of daily life, and determine the 
direction and force of civil history. This is the river whose ceaseless 
flow bears foiward the divine purposes to their ordained consum- 
mation. 

The events we are contemplating arc a signal illustration of the 
futility of the most stupendous efl'orts of selfishness, guided by an 
enginery of su|>erlative skill, to arrest this primum mobile, by whose 
resistless. all-t>nibracing motion our per.sonal and social activities are 
subordinated to the great final destinies of life. 
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106 THE DEDICATION. 

By the confession of the honored leaders of secession, the govern- 
ment was beneficent, impartial, and prosperous, without an historic 
parallel. The war was not, therefore, the offspring of oppression, but 
of a deliberate effort to withdraw the States cultivated by slave-labor 
from the jui'isdiction of the national government, and to organize 
them into a separate confederation, based upon that institution for its 
protection. The attem|>t was justified on the old plea of State sover- 
eignty under the constitution, and the consequent legal right to with- 
draw and institute a government that would conserve their local 
interests. Congress pronounced this interpretation of the organic 
law false, and its practical execution treasonal)le. The slave-power 
rebelled against the enforcement of the law within the disaffected 
territory, and hurled upon the nation all the horrors of civil war. 

This was the inception of the crime. Its record may be traced in 
tax-burdened industries, and myriad graves, that make us kindred, by 
sad and tender ties, to the very soil we tread. I will not trace the 
bloody details through the gloomy years of suffering and sorrow 
which followed. All that military skill and invincible courage could 
do, the South did to achieve success ; but they were vanquished by 
the lofty devotion and masculine heroism of men inspired by the 
spirit of a more liberal and Christian patriotism. 

The splendid issue lifted fi'om slavery, to all rights of citizenship, 
a people more numerous by a million than our whole population at 
the birth of the republic. It vindicated the sovereignty of the 
national government and perpetuated the unity of the States. This 
is what they did whom we this day honor. 

Battles are the bloody footprints of jirogress. Civilization passed 
through the gates of Janus, and intrenched itself upon a higher 
position at Marathon, on the plains of Al)raham, and at the decisive 
conflict at Yorktown. Gettysburg will yet be recognized as equally 
conclusive ; but the new order will be reluctantly accepted, and only 
thoroughly established with those intellectual and moral changes 
which will be effected l)y time. A social state which makes one class 



THE DEDICATION. 107 

the masters of another, demoralizes the niliiif? elass. It begets in 
them an impression of original superiority, and an arrogance, 
im|K;riousnesa, violence, and l>arl)arism of manner, which the courts 
liness of conscious authority cannot compensate. They feel entitled 
to special privileges and exemptions which are incompatible with a 
(juiet and healthful discharge of the duties of citizenship, under a 
government of equal rights and responsibilities. They must be lords 
of the state, as of the family, or they chafe under the restraints of 
impartial law, and jdot for a primacy which the state forbids. This 
unconscious contempt of human rights and sen8il)ilities is inevitable 
in those who dominate a degratled and dependent race. All such 
arbitrary habits, born of the old dispensation, will slowly but surely 
disapjiear under the new regime. Common influences and interests will 
assimilate our whole |x)pulatioii in haliits and feelings, and they will 
come to cherish the same ol)jects of pride and aspiration. This 
will be the future cement of the state, and the .source of its united 
strength and glory. The day is not far distant, 1 apprehend, when 
the South, cipially with tlie North, will perceive that they builded 
better than they knew. The war, inaugurated to protect a system of 
servile lal)or against the encroachments of an aggressive civilization, 
has, under God, destroyed the liondage to a dcliasing social creed 
that t)cnumbed all thrift and enterprise, has cast off the scales which 
hid from their eyes the boundless resources of their soil and climate, 
the splendid possibilities of theii' indented coast, and the unconscious 
capacity of brain and nuisclc which the Mandragora of slavery has 
held in a lethargy for centuries. Hencffurth, industries will multi|)ly 
and be invigorated in tho.sc prolific fields of the sun. Skilled labor 
will siipplenient tlie wealth of the cotton-field with the products of 
the loom, and export the finishcil fabrics fnuii hoiue-|)orts into all 
the markets of the worhl. A population of larger intelligence and 
more inventive enterprise will arise, and, undisturbed by the brood- 
ing dread of servile insurrecfion haunting the imagination with a fi.\ed 
but undefinctl apprehension of ini|icnding horrors doatined to l)urst 



108 THE DEDICATION. 

in fiendish fury wlien the suppressed ])assi()ns of the slave shall spring 
in vengeance on his oppressor, will create a new and grander South 
on the ruins of the old. 

But the signal achievement of the war was the triumph of nation- 
ality and the maintenance of the union of the States. lu the sur- 
render of these, our history would have proved a stupendous and dis- 
graceful failure. A republic without supreme power within the range 
of its duties, would be liivc a planetary system with no central orb to 
command and harmonize its motions. It would have but a brief and 
disordered life, and would rush madly into wreck and chaos. A gov- 
ernment without sovereignty would be absurd if it were not impos- 
sible. " Sovereignty," says the autocrat minister of the German 
empire," can only be a unit and it must remain a unit, — the sover- 
eignty of law." Each State must be supreme within itsj-ange, and 
the national power within its, or each would be impotent for purposes 
of government. Just as individuals surrender a portion of their 
original rights for the organization of the States, so, to preserve har- 
mony in the interaction, and the supremacy of law in the controversies, 
of the States, to unify their interest and consolidate their power, and 
so secure consideration in the conduct of foreign affairs, all the 
States voluntarily conceded, for the creation of a supreme central 
head, powers which they otherwise would have separately wielded ; 
and the State can no more recall from the nation that delegated 
authority, or henceforth exercise it, than the individual can withdraw 
the natural rights which he has conceded to the State. If it were pos- 
sible for the individual to set up his jirivate judgment as ultimate 
against the authority of tlie State, and nullify its laws ; if it were 
possible for him to withdraw, at pleasure, the natural rights sur- 
rendered in the creation of government, the State might be resolved 
into its original elements, and the confusion, disorder, and violence of 
nature restored. So, if disgruntled States of the Union can right- 
fully set up such a claim, the national government of the fatliers is 
an unsubstantial shadow, to be dissolved apace liy the strains of 



THE DEDICATION. 109 

faction into janini: anil lielligc^iont segments of power, always armed, 
always at war, and always destructive of social progress and tlie hopes 
of [teaceful labor. Governments arc made for immortality, and can 
only be overthrown by successful revolution. The doctrine of State 
sovereignty, which was the pretext of tin; war, involves, necessai'ily, 
the dissolution of the Union. 

The industrial and political mission of the coimtry, foreshadowed 
in the events of its first century, can only be realized in the Union. 
Let the tie which binds the States into a federal government 1)C 
sundered, and the work of disintegration will go forward till the 
broad ilomain, now secure and prosperous beneath the honored ensign 
of the republic, will Itecomc a tangled and viperous knot of j)etty 
governments, too feeble to command the respect or fear of foreign 
nations, and yet sufficient to awaken their cupidity and ambition ; 
unsettled and exasperated Ijoundarics, iiristling with forts and custom- 
houses, will destroy the freedom of intercourse and trade, so essential 
to the intelligence and prosperity of kindred peoples; the outlets to the 
navigable streams, which vein and utilize our prolific interior, will be 
closed ; burdensome taxes, levied to support the complicated machinery 
of jealous and jarring nationalities, will grind down the population 
to the condition of ignorant and thriftless serfdom ; standing armies, 
— drones in peace and destroyers in war, — in derogation of all the 
just ends of government, will be (]uartered u|)on each fragment of 
the nation, necessitating the degradation of woman by the exhaust- 
ing toils of the field and the vulgar association of the market. 
Divided, and, if not absorliecl in detail by Kuro|)ean powers for 
aggrandizement or prolit, we shunld 1)0 compelled to sulunit to their 
selfish restrictions upon commercial intercourse and meddlesome 
intervention in American affairs; but, united, the great republic is 
master of the continent, and can dictate its policy in the interest of 
an enlightened and cquital>lc interpretation of the law of nations, an<l 
our commercial ascendency is assured. 

With unequaled capacity to supply the exports and consume the 



110 THE DEDICATION. 

imports of a lucrative traffic ; with unrivaled resources and skill for 
the construction of vessels ; witli sailors of unsurpassed intelligence 
and daring ; witli one tariff, and one currency, uniform and stable, 
for all ; with a coast-line on both oceans, rivaling tliat of all Europe, 
and jeweled by magnificent natural harbors ; with a gallant navy, 
penetrating to the limits of enterprise ; and a central political power 
able and quick to protect our flag wherever it floats, — nothing but the 
rupture of the Union into independent and discordant States can 
withhold us from the primacy of the seas. 

But the splendor of these anticipated triumphs of exterior trade 
fades before " the glory which shall be revealed " in the interior 
growth of the restored republic. The healthful play and interaction 
of the fraternal industries of its imperial acreage, restricted by no 
border tariffs, and adjusted to their mutual welfare, sustained and 
multiplied by differing soils, climates, and locations, will evolve from 
the exhaustless resources of nature fm affluence and variety of wealth 
rivaling the storied treasures of the East. An unobstructed net-work 
of rivers will bear our annual harvests from hill-side and prairie to 
distant markets, and the bread thus cast upon the waters will return 
after many days, in forms of utility and beauty, from lands beyond 
the sea. The iron arteries of trade will exchange, without duty, 
the products of factory and field, of seaboard and interior, of North 
and South, East and West, and add the stimulants of profit to the 
elements of success. Capital, unsquandered by the pomp and luxury 
of titled indolence, unwusted by the maintenance and rivalries of 
military power, will support science and utilize the inventions of art ; 
will lighten the hardships, multiply the comforts, improve the intelli- 
gence, and elevate the character of the masses, by whose labor wealth 
■ is created. The social status will ameliorate, till the diligent tiller 
of the eartli, the thrifty manufacturer of fabrics, the intelligent 
artificer of metals, all the magnates and all the subjects of toil, will 
be the depositaries, not only of political power, but of law, learning, 
and virtue. The vast and growing population of the Union, diverse 



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in habits and descent of ancestry, associated in scliools of learning 
and temples of devotion, influenced bv the same lanpna^e and litera- 
ture, laws and institutions, commingling in tlie pursuits of ambition 
and the intercourse of business, fused and cemented in the heats and 
issues of party, aiul mutually felicitated in the achievements and 
glory of the republic, will slowly assinjilatc and develop a type of 
national character, original and [lecnliar, but of a facile power, 
adapted to the intense life and generalized interests of our modern 
civilization. This broad heritage of upland and valley, clasping in 
its wide embrace the Lakes and the Gulf, and opening its sea-gates to 
a universal commerce, carved into states limited in their political 
functions to local and domestic affairs, but reposing securely witli all 
their wealth and strength under the fostering care of the general gov- 
ernment, will exhibit to jnankind a grander and more convincing 
illustration of the worth and resources of liberty, resting upon law 
and religion, than has yet Iteen furnished in the annals of time. 

To prevent all the evil and secure all the good here anticipated, and 
a thousand-fold more, is what they did whom we would enshrine as 
benefactors of their country. 

But we shall fail utterly to perceive the true character of the jiart 
played by the forces of the loyal North in the civil war, if we do not 
comprehend that it w^as a conflict for principles of universal applica- 
tion, which underlie and characterize all good governments. It has 
cost us two wars to realize, practically, the simple truths of the politi- 
cal creed of the founders of the government. The last was a rei>elli<)n. 
by slave-masters, against the general principles of eijuality and the 
right to freedom, which were made to justify the first. A century 
before, the fathers of the belligerents in the civil war battled side by 
side through the revolution for the establishment of government upon 
inalienable truths subversive of arbitrary [wwer. The rebellion was 
an attempt to destroy that government, in order to peri»etuate arbi- 
trary power over an enslaved people. It would have rolled back the 
record of progress info barbarism, to reluiild. within the disunited 



112 THE DEDICATION. 

repulilic, civil institutions on tlie theory of an inequality of political 
rights between the races. Thus civil liberty, as a principle, in its 
purest and proudest exemplification, was assailed and must be rescued; 
for in its surrender here, where society was free from the deflections 
of a false political philosophy and the shackles of power, the hopes of 
mankind would pass into an eclipse. 

But this tide of affairs lifted also, into the recognition of the world, 
the right of free governments to perpetuate their existence and 
authority against an attempt, of any part of their subjects, by other 
than constitutional methods, to limit the existence or extent of their 
jurisdiction, without cause involving the rights of man. The majesty 
and sovereignty of law were in direct grapple with passion and 
cupidity. Law is the eldest offspring of revelation, and its supremacy 
is the mastery of justice. To have sustained the empire of law, in its 
deadliest encounter with the lust of gain, will be adjudged, in the 
tribunal of history, among the grandest and divinest triumphs in the 
ainials of war. 

Battles and sacrifices, in such a cause, are the laVwrs of civilization, 
in which ideas that have l)cen slowly forming in the womb of thought 
come to the birth of practical life, and their progenitors are enrolled 
among the immortals by the acclaim of posterity. The conservation 
of democratic institutions here was in the interest of popular rights 
everywhere. Thus the war was a link in the great chain of events 
that mark the progress of civil society. 

The soldiery of New England were not blind instruments, minister- 
ing to a 7-ecklcss ambition. When they left the ])eaccful pursuits and 
tender associations of home for the hazards of war, tliey I'calized, 
intelligently and clearly, that the ])crils of their government involved 
issues that were not temporary and local, but universal and lasting. 
There had been no usurpation of power, no violation of the ])rovisions 
and compromises of the original compact, no ine(piality in the admin- 
istration of law, no public disorders, hard.shi])s, or insecui'ities, to 
justify revolution, it was a bold and wanton endeavor to bailie the 



THE I)i:i)/CATIOy. 118 

steady advance of the spirit of liiiertv upon tlie intrenL-linienta of 
slavery. Every resonrce, l>nt dissolution, liad been exhausted in vain, 
to stay its march, and the shivot-raey finally determined to destroy the 
civil frame-work, reared l>y the irreat architects of the repul)lic. The 
heritage and memories and lijooti of a common ancestry were set at 
nauirht to [lerpctnate tlie profits and luxuries of unpaid labor. It was 
:iii undisguised conflict between prescriptive injustice, pregnant with 
untold woes, and tho.se natural rights that infold the liest hopes of 
the race. We stood in defense of the old landmarks, which the 
fathers set to define and secure the civil inheritance which tliey had 
purchased for us with incrcdilile toil and sutTering. We were under a 
solemn ol)ligation to defend and transmit our estate of lilicrties. It 
was a filial service we rendered in preserving for our cliildreii tlic old 
flag undimined in its clTulgcnce by the loss of a star. 

But, as an exhibition of pliysical prowess, the contention was mag- 
nificent. Botii armies fought for their convictions with a relentless- 
ness of valor unsurpassed, 'riie pursuit of wealth lias not emasculated 
the American people. Tlieir eyes have not grown dim nor their nat- 
ural force aliated in a century of prosperity. The Ijraciiig influence 
of great enterprises, the success assured to vigorous and persistent 
effort, the excitements, activities, and antagonisms of business and 
politics, have permeated the masses and stimulated the popular faculties 
and temperament into the highest activity. To these, the difl'usion of 
knowledge, the daily discussion in press and social intercourse of the 
profoundcst questions of national policy, the conduct of comprehensive 
and responsible pursuits, and the constant contemplation of high, 
intellectual, and moral themes, have added the forces which build up 
and disciitline a people into tlie strongest and loftiest type of manly 
and womanly character. 

The cam|)aigns of the war and subsequent financial achievements 
have revealed to the world a strength and integrity worthy of the 
ancient mold of men. In no secticm of the Union has the courage 
of the American degenerated, and if there is to be re|mdiation, it will 



114 THE DEDICATION. 

he found elsewhere than in States educated to liabits of personal 
industry. 

We love to linger upon the compensations that relieved the desola- 
tions and bereavements of the fratricidal strife. Let us revert in 
thoiisiht to the call of our mart3'red President to arms. The drill and 
paraphernalia of war were unknown to our people. The skill of labor 
and the genius of trade had been the instruments of their ambitionsi 
and triumphs. The)' were familiar with the song of the reaper and 
the music of the loom, not with the blare of the trumpet and the 
clangor of arms. But cast your eyes to the hills and plains, and 
what miracle do you behold ? See the flower and beauty of our man- 
hood, in whose bosom the spring of life is blossoming, in whose eyes 
is the glow of years to come ! Lingering only for the tender embrace, 
the kiss, and the blessing of home, they move, as at the voice of God, 
to the red fields of carnage. 

How transcendent and glorious is the sight I Whose heart does not 
swell and throb as the gleaming cohorts pass, as if touched by the breath 
of the invisible? It is not the reckless, brutal dash of maddened 
ignorance, but the fixed passion of a calm judgment, that leads them 
to the altar of patriotism. Living or dying, tliey have sworn the 
republic shall survive. It is one of those supreme epochs in the interr 
vals of ages, in which Providence marshals tlie divinest elements in 
man for the triumph of his purposes, and the American people are 
found, as Pericles said of the Athenians, " greater by experience than 
by report." Such events discipline and ennoble nations. They who 
fell in tliat cause, " were not born to die ;" and you who survive were 
consecrated, in that baptism of l)lood, to whatever is highest, purest, 
and holiest among the duties of your generation. You fought in a 
sacred cause. History furnishes no instance of a purer and loftier 
devotion to principle, none of a sacrifice of life in the interests of 
humanity more unselfish, none of a heroism more transcendent and 
godlike. 

To-day tiie past comes back upon our memories with all its crushing 



THE DKUICATION. lift 

defeats and its glorious victories. \Vc see tlioiii in tlie silent idvouac 
beneath flie sentinel stars; we listen to the rhythmic footfall of their 
advancing hripades ; we see their hroken ranks reeling through the 
dead and dying from tiie >hock of battle: we hear their shout of 
triumph when the field is won. 

The curtain falls upon the tragedy of blood ! Hut where are the 
fiery spirits that went forth with firm resolves and flaunting banners 
to the work of death ? A part, foot-weary, weather-stained, and battle- 
grimed, are filing through the capital with tattered ensigns and trailing 
arms, to be mustered back to the trancjuil duties and thrifty ways of 
citizenship. These are our scarred veterans, f!od bless them I May 
the gratitude and honors of the country they have saved attend them 
till their dust mingles with its soil ! 

But, alas I of that mighty host of the sons of the rcjiublic, there 
was an army of the dead that will never return. 

" On fame's eternal camping-ground 
'J'heir silent tents are spread. 
And glory guards with solemn round 
The bivouac of the dead." 

This seed of the loyal has been planted in the fields of rciiellion, 
and will bear fruit in the centuries to conic. The blood of the North 
and the South has mingled in this conflict of political principles ; may it 
nourish no root of bitterness, but may there henceforth be a union of 
adections and labors to advance and perpetuate the dignity and grand- 
cur of their common country I 

Peace must prevail within our borders, or we shall fail to touch the 
highest attainable reach of social prosperity and national power. I?ut 
peace is conditioned ujioii a unity of interpretation of the fundamental 
law. Ilannony, without the mutual confidence of the jKiiMilations of 
the different sections, and a common effort for the reign of law, is 
iin|M)ssiblc. The compromises of the past were only respites for 
fiercer struggles to come. Forced by our allegiance to the constitu- 
tion, and the demamls of the divine law, we accepted the hated 



116 THE DEDICATION. 

alternative of war, and, by a sweep of resistless power, exorcised from 
the national councils the old demon of perpetual unrest, and estab- 
lished, by the logic of force, that construction of the constitution 
which the "great expounder" had based upon the logic of reason. 
This or nothing was the result of the war. and it must stand as the 
irreversible policy of the future, or tlie republic, in some coming gen- 
eration, must feel again the rock and roll of a civil earthquake more 
terrific than the last ; nay, must stagger, and jjerhaps perish, beneath 
the bolts of the avenging wrath of heaven. I protest, therefore, in 
the name of the dead and the peace of posterity, that the issues adju- 
dicated in honorable warfare shall not be raised again like unquiet 
ghosts into the arena of politics to disturb tlie peace and prosperity of 
the nation. We honor the valor and manliness of the South, and will 
respect her rights. We demand the same and no more. On that 
platform we can stand together and against the world. The substan- 
tial interests of botli sections arc one, and henceforth their union 
should be cordial and inseparable. In tlie fi'atorual emulations of 
business, and the healthful rivalries of honorable politics, we nuist 
labor for the purity, power, and glory of tlie republic. The old 
hearthstone is broad enough for all, and our household gods are 
worthy of our worship. 

History tells us that AVtemisia dissolved and drank the ashes of her 
dead husband, and built to his memoiy a monument, called the mau- 
soleum, from his name, so magnificent as to be deemed one of the 
wonders of tiie world. We dedicate Ibis uionnmental group, more 
precious than the touib of the illustiiijus king, to our honored dead, 
and we would have our children and our childnsn's children drink 
their spiiit till it shall be transmuted into their own. 

The generation that surrendered its treasures and its sous lor the 
salvation and the glory of the federal government, dedicates these 
memorials, that they may tell to after ages the price of liberty, and 
perpetuate the spirit of its defenders. Witii a voice moie intelligible 
and more impressive than that of Meninon, may their dumb mouths 



THE DEDICATION. 117 

repeat in the cars of posterity, witli every rising sun, the stirring 
appeal of tlie great Athenian : " Ponder tiiis, that your forefatliers 
erected tiiese, not tliat yon may view and admire them only, hut that 
you may imitate also the iieroic virtues of the men who reared them." 
We feel a special tenderness for our native State. We love its 
granite hills and the pure streams that ripjile and laugh through its 
valleys ; we liave a just pride in its wealth of great names, its distin- 
guished scholars and statesmen, its champions and martyrs of liberty. 
But there is a profouuder love, and a more compreliensive patriotism, 
than this, that throbs in the heart of every loyal American. The 
i^tate is l)ut a unit of that organic and august whole, our country, in 
whose destiny is involved the welfare and power of each memlier. 
The bright exanii>les and splendid achievements of the nation must 
remain ours to emulate *• The whole land is the sepulchre of illus- 
trious men," and their hallowed dust, not less than their works and 
their fame, are the common treasure of all. Union and equal rights 
are the enduring sentiment that will be breathed from these mute lips 
of bronze, and look down from the (i.\ed gaze of her that crowns the 
shaft, upon all who may stand by these waters, and throng these busy 
thoroughfares, in the years to conie. This is your pharos, who.se light 
will guiilc the patriotism of your children. 

But time will extinguish even this. The beacons which we kindle 
u|ion1he high places of history will fade, and the chiseled rock crum- 
ble ; but the intellectual and moral life evolved by the freedom of the 
State, will transmit the linenments of the national spirit in imperish- 
able forms of thought. These tokens of universal bereavement are 
but material symbols of innuaterial forces, whose permanent mani- 
festations are law and liteiature, executive power and spiritual vitality. 
When the sculptured marbles, the gorgeous temples, and the nolilest 
monuinents which a jiroud and grateful country can raise, shall have 
coni|(lcted their short-lived immortality, these will still snivive, — the 
inextinguishable lights of a Christian conimonwealth. 



118 THE DEDICATION. 

THE ADDRESS OF GOV. HEAD. 

Mr. President and Fellow- Citizens, — After the eloquent address 
to which we liave listened from the orator of the day, it seems quite 
superfluous that I should say a single word; but the dedication of 
this monument is an occasion of so much interest to all our people, 
and especially to myself, holding the position which I did during the 
rebellion, as adjutant^general of the State, that I cannot refrain from 
giving expression, in obedience to your invitation, to some thoughts 
in regard to the heroism and fidelity of the soldiers and the people of 
the North, even during tlie darkest hours of the country's history. 

Wiien the first cannon sound of the slave-holders' attack upon tlic 
Union reverberated along the shores of South Carolina, every patriotic 
American heart instinctively sprung to the defense of the govern- 
ment ; and when our sons and brothers fell upon the battle-field, or 
found a resting-place in the wretched prison-pens of tiie South ; when 
defeat, disaster, and humiliation overtook, for a time, our untrained 
and impulsive armies ; when tears and sorrow entered so many of 
our liomes ; wlien Southern valor and Northern sympathy for treason 
appeared to be in the ascendant, — even then the fires of patriotic 
faith and civic purpose burned brightly in our New England homes, 
and the courage, devotion, and heroism of our armies, instead of abat- 
ing, grew more and more intense ; and even when the bullet of the 
assassin smote down tlie leader of our cause, our noble, .self-sacri- 
ficing President, filling our hearts with grief and the land witli 
gloom, tlien our patriotic army remained true to their purpose, and 
from every Ipyal American dwelling went up prayers and earnest 
supplication for the success of the right. 

For tiieir noble deeds of valor, for their devotion to the principles 
of freedom, for their unwavering determination to preserve the Union 
in its full integrity and to protect the government from the machina- 
tions and treasonable designs of its enemies, the army of the North 
ciiallcnged our admiration, our gratitude, and our applause. 

And those of you, brave men, who returned from the terrible fields 



THE DEDICATION. 119 

of strife where so many of yonr conirndes pave up life for country, 
Itc assured tliat a jrrateful people will ever hold your naui(\s and y(jur 
deeds in remeuibraiice. 

Thank God ! the days of strife have passed from our land ; tlic 
crimson tide has ceased to flow ; the havoc and the horrors of the 
battle-field have come to an end, and prosperous |)eacc greets us on 
every hand. The bitterness eiifrendered by suffering, the hates and 
revenges created by the hardships of war, liave well-nigh passed 
away, and we are looking hopefully forward to the time when full 
and unipialified allegiance to the constitution and the (lag will be 
manifested ity every citizen of our common country ; when the 
terrible wrongs inflicted by those who sought to break up the govern- 
ment will be, as far as possible, atoned for by a cheerful submission 
to law, and a willing obedience to the sovereign power of the 
national administration ; when sectional discord will come to an end ; 
when the war of races will cease, and peace, harmony, and Lf(jo(l-will 
throughout the entire land prevail. 

And while we would endeavor to forgivetliose who struck a blow at 
the very life of onr government, it is natural that on such a day as 
this we should wander back in recollection of the scenes of former 
times, and that the toils, the sufferings, and the achievements of the 
camp, the march, and the battle-field should vividly appear to our 
minds, calling up reminiscences that had well-nigh esca|)ed the 
memory. Those of you, soldiers, who participated in the active 
events of the war, need not be remindeil of what you sutVered during 
those dreadful years; and to-day, doubtless, you wjll all recall 
instances of personal l)raverj and sublime patriotism that have not 
yet been recorded. Could a history of the noble deeds of the |)ri- 
vates in our army be written, what a grand volume would it be ! 
Could even a faithful sketch be given of the patriotic impulses that 
controlled the thoughts and nerved the arm of the brave men in 
whose memory this monument has been erected, as they unflinchingly 
met death for their country and their fellow-men, how our hearts 



120 THE DEDICATION. 

would be stirred at tlio recital, and onr love for the old fine strength- 
ened and intensified ! But this day is one of commemoration, — a day 
set apart to do honor to those of the army who have passed away 
from the strifes of this world to the rest, that, for all true men, is 
beyond this life. Surely it is proper that they should be rcmembci'ed 
by their comrades, as well as by all for whom they fought and died. 
And this beautiful monument, the generous gift of the citizens of tlie 
city of Manchester, is erected in honor of their loyalty and devotion 
to the government under which they lived. For us and country they 
gave up home, friends, and life itself. Let us see to it that their 
memories are embalmed, and their deeds of valor indelibly impressed 
upon our hearts ; and thus shall we constantly renew our allegiance to 
country, and strengthen our own patriotism, by a recollection of their 
sufferings and heroic achievements. Brave and noble men, — they 
are gone from us forever, except in memory. When their lives went 
out, many a hearthstone was shrouded in gloom, many a family circle 
was plunged in untold agony : but comfort comes to us in the thought 
that they died not in vain ; but that, through their achievements and 
the achievements of their comrades, the grandest, freest nation on 
earth was rescued from overthrow, and the glorious principles of con- 
stitutional freedom were preserved for us and for future generations. 

Heaven bless our heroic dead ! and may their memories ever be to 
us an inspiration and an incentive to the faithful discharge of every 
duty of life ; and especially may the association of their deeds lead 
us to a higher and better appreciation of our responsibilities as 
citizens of the republic, than we could possibly have felt had it not 
been for their loyalty and sacrifices. 

Brief and eloquent remarks were made l)y Governors Garcelon and 
Van Zandt, and the benediction pronounced by Rev. E. G. Selden. 

At the close of the ceremonies, the guests, including the Grand 
Army of the Republic and veteran soldiers, were escorted to City 
Hall and the hall in Towae's block, in each of whicli a banquet was 
spread by Mr. J. Dooling of Boston. 



THE DEDICATION. 121 

The visiting Knights Templars were lian(|uctcd at Smyth's Hall, iiy 
Trinity Coinmandry ; the Grand Lodge at Masonic Hall ; the Grand 
Lodge and Grand Encampment. Independent Order of Odd Fellows, 
at Odd Fellows' Hall : the Knights of Pythias at Pythian Hall ; 
the State Grange at Mirror Hall ; the First Regiment New Hamj)- 
shire National Gnard entertained at Camp Livcrmore, as gnests of 
the regiment, the llansoiu (Jnards and lumd of St. Allians, Vt., Col. 
T. S. Peck and staff of Vermont, Brig.-Gen. Joseph M. Clongh, 
commanding National (Jnard of New Hampshire, and full staff. 

ILLUMINATIONS AND EVENINl! CONCERT. 

In the evening there was a grand display of colored firi'S and illu- 
minations on Merrimack square, furnished from the lahoratory of 
C. E. Masten, Boston. Urilliant signal fires of dilVerent colors were 
burned continuou.sly at the foiir corners of the square, while four 
lights were focused on the monument, alternating white, red, green, 
and yellow fires, |iroducing a wonderfully beautiful effect. The climax 
was reached by the illumination of the western margin of the pond 
by colored lance fires, along three hundred feet of wire suspended in 
the air. 

From eight to ten o'clock the American IJand of Providence, D. W. 
Reeves, leader, gave a grand concert, the following programme lieing 
rendered : — 

1. March. " Ideal" Reeves. 

•2. Overture, " Zampa " Herold. 

:t. Oanse der Stall Wilson. 

•1. Selections, " Pinafore " ....... Sullivan. 

r>. Euphonium Solo, "Serenade, " Mr. Harry Wliitlier . Chapelle. 

6. Medley Overture. — Songs of the day ..... Reeves. 

7. Cornet Duet, Messrs. Church and Nickerson .... Parlow. 
s. War Memories, — A day in c.imp, 1803 ..... Reeves. 
!•. Piccolo Solo, — " The Wren," Mr. Fred Paalcy .... Damare. 

10. Finale, — "Bum-Bum" Parlow. 



FINAL PROCEEDINGS. 



FINAL PROCEEDINGS. 



At the rcfrular nicctiiip of tho city };;ovcinnient, Oct. 7. 1870, the 
following losolntion wus olTcrctl hy Connciliuaii Carl C. Slicpard, and 
passed unaniiuoiisly : — 

The city of Manchester, recognizing the snccessful and creditable manner in 
whicli the dedication of her soldiers' monument was accomplished on the eleventh of 
September last, fully appreciating the earnest and unqualified approval which her 
citizens have given to the undertaking, and observing with pride and satisfaction 
the highly complimentary style in which the public have been pleased to refer to 
the ceremonies of the day. deems it proper to place on record an expression of her 
grateful acknowledgment of the honorable and patriotic sen'ices of the many mili- 
tary and civic organizations wliich participated in the grand procession, of the very 
able and efficient managers and executive oifficers of the day, and the eminent and 
gifted gentlemen whose culture and patriotism found expression in a matchless 
oration and eloquent and interesting addresses ; therefore, 

Re.inlved, That the thanks of the city of Manchester be hereby extended to — 

The Hon. .Tames W. Patterson, Orator ; 

The Hon. Daniel Clark. President of the Day; 

The Rev. E. G. Selden, Chaplain ; 

Mrs. B. F. D.ime, for her beautiful and appropriate poem ; 

The Grand Army of the Republic. Col. George Rowers, Department Commander ; 

The Grand Lodge of Free anil Accepted Masons of tlie State of New Hampshire, 
Solon A. Carter, Grand Master ; 

Mijnr H. H. Huso, Chief Marshal, .and his corps of assistants ; 

The visiting city governments ; 



326 FINAL PROCEEDINGS. 

And all organizations, military and civic, which by their presence did honor to 

the occasion. 

In Board of Common Council, Oct. 7, 1879. 
Passed. 

JOHN W. WHITTLE, President. 

In Board of Mayor and Aldermen, Oct. 7, 1879. 

Passed in concurrence. 

JOHN L. KELLY, Mayor. 



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